VETERANS see also Veterans' Administration

Addresses

Arlington National Cemetery: George E. Shaw, 16319 [16JN]

———James H. Webb, Sec. of the Navy, 20103 [15JY]

Dedication of Monument Honoring the Fallen of Operation Tiger: Representative Byron, 34292 [7DE]

Honoring Dead Veterans: Abraham Lincoln, 29763 [28OC]

Introduction of Senator Inouye, Norman G. Staab, VFW Congressional Award, 5671 [12MR]

Lehigh Valley Korea/Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial: Representative Ritter, 34659 [9DE]

———William C. Westmoreland, 34659 [9DE]

Life Service to Veterans Award: Representative Hammerschmidt, 10994 [4MY]

Marine Corps Retirement: Paul X. Kelley, 20334 [21JY]

Memorial Day: James H. Webb, Jr., Sec. of the Navy, 13688 [27MY]

Memorial Day Service, Jackson, MS: Ed Wallin, 14243 [2JN]

New Jersey's American Ex-Prisoners of War: Senator Lautenberg, 34555 [9DE]

Our Personal and National Resolve: Jim Stockdale, 9686-9688 [23AP]

Veterans Day Memorial Service: Representative Jacobs, 33193 [20NO], 35003 [10DE]

VFW Congressional Award Dinner: Senator Inouye, 5671 [12MR]

VFW Legislative Conference, Representative Solomon, 5272 [10MR]

Vietnam Remembered: Representative Skelton, 11350 [6MY]

World War II 33d Division Reunion: Representative Bennett, 21030 [23JY]

Amendments

American Battle Monuments Commission: investment of funds for construction of Korean War Veterans Memorial (H.R. 1454), 29283 [27OC]

Benefits: improve (S. 9), 33849-33851, 33869, 33895, 33896, 33909, 33912, 33913, 33914, 33916, 33919, 33957, 33958, 33959 [3DE], 34153, 34229 [4DE]

———increase rate for disability compensation (S. 240), 1354 [14JA]

———rates of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 2945), 35997, 36059, 36062 [17DE]

Congressional Medal of Honor Day: designate (H.J. Res. 384), 32142 [17NO]

Education: GI bill assistance program (H.R. 1085), 12329 [13MY]

Employment: training and counseling services (S. 999), 9447 [23AP]

Homeless Veterans' Assistance Act: enact (S. 477), 7504, 7555 [31MR]

Housing: increase maximum VA home loan guaranty (S. 1801), 30324, 30353 [30OC]

———loans (S. 1691), 25944, 25945 [1OC]

National POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 47), 6638, 6676 [24MR]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act: enact (S. 1464), 28219, 28248, 28264, 28292, 28293 [16OC]

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act: enact (S. 1501), 20260 [17JY]

Analyses

State Veterans' Home Grant Program Improvements (S. 1089), 9440 [23AP]

Articles and editorials

After Retiring From Highest Ranks of Military, Black Officers Find Dearth of Job Opportunities, 28161 [15OC]

Agent of Destruction—Viet Vet Is Convinced of Herbicide's Health Risks, 32973 [19NO]

Agent Orange and the Anguish of an American Family, 7662-7665 [1AP]

Attleboro Man Gets War Medal—42 Years Late, 11573 [6MY]

Bruyeres Citizens Still Remember 442d Sacrifices, 34093 [4DE]

Coat Stand Is Metaphor for Captain's Long Career, 34953 [10DE]

Concord, 27950 [14OC]

Disabled Vietnam Vet Continues to Serve, 19276 [9JY]

Doolittle Tokyo Bombers Who Landed in Russia Make ``Escape'', 32044 [17NO]

Fear Can Be Your Best Friend, 12232 [12MY]

Fellowship in the VA Hospitals, 23417 [7AU]

For Many Veterans the Battle Goes On, 22139-22141 [3AU]

General Jim Tribute Highlights Revival of Unit He First Led, 2483-2485 [2FE]

General Wilson Always Stood for Duty, Honor, 9294 [22AP]

GI Bill, Once a Reward, Is Now a Lure to Sign Up, 425 [6JA]

Gold Star Parents Remember—Group Visits Vietnam Memorial, 31456 [9NO]

Health Care—We Demand Best, and Pay For It, 34430 [8DE]

Homeless Veterans, 13284, 13285 [20MY]

Homeless Veterans—A Nation's Disgrace, 5953 [17MR]

Interment of the First Unknown, 14165 [29MY]

Jerseyan of the Week—VFW Chief Leaving a Legacy of Accomplishment, 11008 [4MY]

Let's Hear It for the POW-MIA Flag-Raising To Help Bring Our Boys Home, 30926 [4NO]

Living Memorial to Vietnam Vets—Foundation Channels Benefits From Agent Orange Settlement, 1820 [21JA]

Medal of Honor Winner Dead at 68, 9350 [22AP]

Merchant Sailors Fighting for Status as Veterans—42 Years After the War, They Seek a ``Moral Victory'', 21556 [29JY]

More, 27951 [14OC]

Mother Is Dedicated to Vietnam Veterans' Memories, 34288 [7DE]

Movie Gives ``Distorted Image'' of Troops in Vietnam, 11591 [6MY]

Mr. President—Free the MIA Hostages, 24466 [17SE]

New GI Bill, 425 [6JA]

On Capitol Hill, a New Battle for Hallowed Corregidor, 28768 [21OC]

Permanent GI Bill, 19773 [14JY]

``Platoon''—A Veteran's Response, 11358-11360 [6MY]

``Platoon''—Is That How It Was? Senator Kerry, 8886 [9AP]

POW's/MIA's—What the Numbers Say, 21222-21227 [28JY]

Raise the Flag to Chester Koch, 12234 [12MY]

Stress Problems Show Up Among Veterans of World War II, 20053 [15JY]

Tom Gloor, 34994 [10DE]

Vietnam and ``Platoon'', 10828 [4MY]

Vietnam Memorial for Women?—A Most Appropriate Way to Remember, 31534 [10NO]

Vietnam—Are We Setting the Stage for Another Betrayal?, 29777 [28OC]

Wars Past—Those Who Died Ennobled That Time and Place, 15386 [10JN]

We Shall Never Be Able To Satisfy Everyone's Special Interest, 31535 [10NO]

What Other Arizona Newspapers Are Saying, 25660 [29SE]

Where Eagles Soar, 22974 [6AU]

With Robert Back Home, the Chaplins Are Together Again, 26226 [1OC]

Woman Takes Command, 23381 [7AU]

Woman To Lead Charge for Viet Veterans Group—Election Follows Tradition of Non-Tradition, 23382 [7AU]

Woman Veteran Fighting for Equity, 24901 [22SE]

WW I Vets Fulfill Pledge Made Long Ago, 9357 [22AP]

Bills and resolutions

Aged: geriatric research (see H.R. 68)

———tax credit for care of veterans (see H.R. 616)

Agent orange: liability case participants (see S. 1805)

———service-connected exposure (see H.R. 3169)

Albany, NY: national cemetery (see H.R. 1380)

Aliens: preferential immigration status for relatives of certain deceased veterans (see H.R. 802)

American Battle Monuments Commission: investment of funds for construction of Korean War Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 1454)

Arlington National Cemetery: area for cremated remains (see H.R. 3826)

———designate Tomb of the Unknowns (see S. 1247)

Benefits: dependency and indemnity compensation for remarried surviving spouses after age 60 (see H.R. 412)

———disability compensation and survivors' benefits (see H.R. 2011)

———disallow termination of dependency or indemnity compensation due to remarriage of surviving spouse (see H.R. 1547), 5492 [11MR]

———effective date for certain reductions and/or discontinuations (see H.R. 3116)

———improve (see S. 9)

———service-connected total deafness a 100% disability (see H.R. 2350)

———3.5% increase in rates of compensation (see H.R. 1084)

Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial: location approval (see H.J. Res. 413)

Burial: expenses (see H.R. 3434)

———permit next of kin to designate style of flag (see H.R. 488)

———extend eligibility for allowance to certain (see H.R. 615, 2450, 2451)

Citizenship: naturalization of certain Filipino war veterans (see H.R. 1244)

Coast Guard: retired pay for officers (see H.R. 1132)

DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial: charter (see S.J. Res. 106; H.J. Res. 97)

Defense contractors: liability arising from atomic weapons testing (see S. 478)

Dept. of Defense: military commissary and exchange privileges to surviving spouses (see H.R. 1208, 2344)

———transportation on military aircraft for persons with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2283)

Diseases: compensation benefits for lupus erythematosis (see H.R. 2446)

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (see S. 1692)

———establish benefits for death victims of ionizing radiation (see H.R. 1811)

———extend period during which Hodgkin's disease and leukemia shall be presumed to be service-connected (see H.R. 3117)

———inclusion of systemic lupus erythematosis as service-connected (see S. 1491; H.R. 2345)

———study of phenoxy herbicides on women having served in USO and Red Cross in Vietnam (see H.R. 215)

Doubek, Robert W.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 629)

Education: amend GI bill (see H.R. 3180)

———assistance programs improvements (see H.R. 2000)

———benefits for flight training (see S. 820)

———benefits to dependents of veterans with a service-connected disability (see H.R. 3164)

———eliminate time period for use of benefits (see H.R. 409)

———GI bill assistance programs (see H.R. 1085)

———permanent new GI bill assistance programs (see H.R. 1657, 3208), 5863 [17MR]

———remove expiration date for eligibility for assistance programs under All-Volunteer Force (see S. 12)

———remove time limitations for GI bill assistance (see H.R. 279)

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see S. 840; H.R. 1782)

Employment: preference in Federal civil service for Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 3170)

———training and counseling services (see S. 999)

———training and placement (see H.R. 3460)

Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1597)

GI bill (see H.R. 3464)

———payment of survivor benefits (see S. 1997)

GI Bill Act: amend (see H.R. 3208)

Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 355)

Handicapped: definition of disabled (see H.R. 3166)

———disabled compensation concurrent with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, 1251)

———entitlement of veteran's surviving spouse to presumptive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3115)

———increase rates of disability compensation (see S. 240)

———liberalize disability evaluations for compensation purposes (see H.R. 2347)

———medical services for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3161)

———promotion and employment of qualified disabled (see H.R. 3168)

———rates of compensation and of dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2945)

———rate of survivors benefits for certain pre-World War II veterans (see H.R. 803)

Homeless Veterans Assistance Act: enact (see S. 477)

Housing: home loans and purchases (see S. 920)

———improve programs (see H.R. 2672)

———increase maximum VA home loan guaranty (see S. 1801)

———interest rates on loans (see H.R. 1998)

———mortgage protection life insurance (see H.R. 410, 3114)

Insurance: dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses (see H.R. 2354)

———higher installments payable to certain annuitants (see S. 1090)

———installments and premiums (see H.R. 2008)

———National Service Life Insurance extension (see H.R. 2348)

———purchase up to $20,000 of National Service Life Insurance (see H.R. 2352)

———survivors' benefits (see H.R. 3001)

———waive payment of premiums by certain aged persons (see H.R. 411)

Jacksonville, FL: establish VA hospital (see H.R. 69)

Korean War Memorial: erection (see S. 1525)

———location (see S.J. Res. 225; H.J. Res. 405)

Leyte Landing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 256)

Louisiana: establish national cemetery (see H.R. 2789)

Maricopa County, AZ: establish national cemetery (see H.R. 1884)

Marina, CA: health care services' Outreach Center (see H.R. 2526)

Medicaid: benefits (see H.R. 1856)

Medical care: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327)

———extending adult day health-care program and authorizing contract halfway house (see S. 1064; H.R. 2001)

———former POW eligible for reimbursement for emergency medical expenses (see H.R. 2353)

———improve administration of health-care benefits (see H.R. 2006)

———increase monthly pension in nursing situation (see H.R. 2447)

———prescription drugs prescribed by private physicians in connection with the treatment of a service-connected disability (see H.R. 2346)

———presumption of service connection for occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorders in those who served in Southeast Asia (see H.R. 202)

———sharing facilities with Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 1355)

———transportation of claimants and beneficiaries (see S. 1059)

Members of Congress: VA assistance in informing constituents (see H.R. 2012)

Memorial Day: redesignate (see H.R. 2438, 1647)

Merchant marine: benefits for World War II merchant seamen (see S. 1541; H.R. 1235, 1258)

Motor vehicles: mileages allowances for travel to VA medical centers (see S. 1467)

National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc.: charter (see S. 1897; H.R. 1259)

National cemeteries: contributions for construction projects on adjacent land to facilitate safe ingress or egress (see S. 919; H.R. 1999)

———improve system (see H.R. 2957)

———permit burials on weekends and holidays (see H.R. 224)

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 141; H.J. Res. 293)

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 388)

National League of Families: display flag in Capitol rotunda (see S. Con. Res. 9; H. Con. Res. 28)

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 105)

National POW Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 47)

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 49; H.J. Res. 100)

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 171; H.J. Res. 43)

New Jersey: VA outpatient clinic (see S. 246; H.R. 599)

Noncommissioned Officers Association: grant charter (see S. 1397; H.R. 2248)

Nonprofit organizations: allow to advertise bingo (see S. 855)

Nuclear warfare: benefits for death or disability from exposure to radiation (see S. 1002)

Pensions: improve death and disability programs (see H.R. 2449)

———protection from reduction for disability (see H.R. 3113)

———special program for veterans of World War I (see H.R. 2448)

———World War I servicemen and certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 414, 1918)

Philippine Scouts: authorize memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 243)

———equalize retired pay with other Armed Forces retirees (see H.R. 2065), 8667 [9AP]

POW: benefits for servicemen held in Soviet Union during World War II (see S. 1874)

———improve benefits (see H.R. 1543, 1544), 5492 [11MR]

———presumption of service connection for certain diseases (see S. 1365; H.R. 1183)

———suit by certain U.S. prisoners held during World War II (see H.R. 2244)

———use of commissary stores and post or base exchanges for certain disabled (see S. 61)

Puerto Rico: funding for Beneficiary Travel Program (see H.R. 1210)

Railroads: credit for military service relative to pensions (see H.R. 2824)

Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association: charter (see S. 1359; H.R. 2237)

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see S. 542; H.R. 732)

Rubin, Tibor: waive time limitation for awarding Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1577)

Scruggs, Jan C.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 629)

Shreveport, LA: designate Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (see S. 1492)

Social Security: veteran health care deductibles and coinsurance amounts (see S. 603)

———waiver of deductibles and coinsurance relative to veterans (see S. 216; H.R. 1571)

States nursing homes: increase per diem rates for payments by VA for domiciliary care and nursing home care (see H.R. 1659)

———promote care and treatment (see H.R. 413)

Texas: establish new VA medical facility (see H.R. 3752)

U.S. Veterans Association of America: authorize memorial for Philippine Scouts (see H.J. Res. 243)

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 1787)

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1646)

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act: enact (see S. 1464)

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act: enact (see S. 918)

Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act: enact (see S. 453)

Veterans Job Training Act: improve program (see S. 553; H.R. 1504, 1882)

Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 757)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600)

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1501)

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see S. 1896; H.R. 3628)

Vietnamese Conflict: medical examinations and counseling for overseas volunteers (see H.R. 2186)

———recognition (see S. Res. 240)

———report on post-traumatic disorder (see S. 279; H.R. 38)

Wheeler, John P., III: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 629)

World War I: bonus payment of $10,000 for each veteran (see H.R. 1852)

———extend benefits of veterans having served between 1918 and 1921 (see H.R. 196)

———improve pension benefits for veterans and surviving spouses (see H.R. 3722)

World War II: Cadet Nurse Corps training made creditable for Federal retirement purposes (see H.R. 3673)

Documents

Job Counseling, Training, and Placement Service for Veterans, from U.S. Code, 10252 [28AP]

Make Permanent the New GI Bill (H.R. 1085), 5754 [17MR]

Excerpts

``My Father, My Son,'' Elmo Zumwalt III, 7662 [1AP], 20524 [21JY], 27816 [14OC]

``Fox Two,'' Randall Cunningham, 3190 [5FE]

``Vietnam—Front Row Center'', 22696 [5AU]

Explanations

Byrd amendment on rates of VA compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 2945), 36061 [17DE]

VA rates of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 2945), 21299-21301 [28JY]

Veterans Home Loan Program Improvements and Property Rehabilitation Act (H.R. 2672), Senate amendments (S. 1801), and compromise agreement, 32132-32136 [17NO]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): veterans' employment and training (testimony), D193 [25MR]

Committee on Armed Services (House): GI bill educational assistance programs (testimony from William D. Clark, Chase Untermeyer, and Tidal W. McCoy), D118 [5MR]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): benefits for surviving spouses and children (H.R. 1427) (testimony), D257 [9AP]

———current status and concerns of women veterans (testimony), D230 [2AP]

———exempt retired members of the Armed Forces called to active duty assigned to the American Battle Monuments Commission from grade limitations on officers (H.R. 733), D178 [19MR]

———GI bill (testimony from Representatives Wright and Montgomery, R.J. Vogel, Chapman B. Cox, Dennis Shaw, and military and veterans' organizations (H.R. 1085)), D65 [18FE]

———GI bill educational assistance programs (H.R. 1085), D113 [4MR]

———improve benefits for former POW's (H.R. 1543, H.R. 1544) (testimony), D257 [9AP]

———per diem rates for VA payments to States for domiciliary and nursing home care provided to veterans (H.R. 1659), D271 [22AP]

———reduce capacity of VA to provide health care to eligible veterans (H. Con. Res. 27), D72 [19FE]

———status of recruitment and retention of VA health care personnel (testimony), D271 [22AP]

———veterans benefits rates of compensation increase (H.R. 1084) (testimony), D257 [9AP]

———Veterans' Job Training Act (H.R. 1504) (testimony), D168 [18MR]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): eligibility for educational assistance programs under the All-Volunteer Force (S. 12) (testimony from Senator Daschle, R.J. Vogel, Dennis R. Wyant, Chapman B. Cox, Charles C. Partridge, Rudy I. Clark, Dennis R. Shaw, Robert M. Elton, Dudley L. Carlson, Ernest C. Cheatham, Richard W. Johnson, C.J. Lively, Robert F. Cocklin, Thomas A. Hickey, Joseph E. Miller, James Hubbard, Richard F. Schultz, Ralph Spencer, Allan W. Ostar, Edward J. Liston, Edward C. Keiser, Robert Moran, Robert W. Nolan, and Dennis Cullinan), D50 [4FE]

———VA compliance with a discovery request of National Association of Radiation Survivors v. Turnage (testimony), D161 [17MR]

———veterans educational assistance programs (S. 918, 999) (testimony), D302 [30AP]

———veterans' programs (testimony from David W. Gorman, R.J. Powell, Donald R. Custis, James N. Magill, David J. Passamaneck, Shirley McVay-Wiseman, Stan H. Sabin, and Willard Gourley), D68 [19FE]

———veterans' programs (testimony from John F. Sommer, Michael R. Leaveck, Richard F. Weidman, Thomas A. Sherwood, Jesse Moses, Leroy Kellar, Ben Littlejohn, Thomas E. Harvey, John A. Gronvall, Grady W. Horton, Arthur S. Hamerschlag, Donald L. Ivers, Donald E. Shasteen, Paul S. Egan and Thomas K. Turnage), D64 [18FE]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (joint hearing): legislative priorities of AMVETS, Vietnam Veterans of America, and the Jewish War Veterans (testimony), D222 [1AP]

———legislative priorities of AMVETS, Vietnam Veterans of America, and the Jewish War Veterans (testimony from Richard D. Hoover, Robert Routh, Jr., Dana J. Pyle, and Jules Carvalho, Jr.), D87 [25FE]

————legislative priorities of DAV (testimony from Kenneth Musselmann), D82 [24FE]

———legislative priorities of VFW (testimony from Norman G. Staab), D107 [3MR]

History

Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., 6908 [25MR]

VA, 27709 [13OC]

Letters

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: E. Philip Riggin, 33831 [3DE]

———Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 33832 [3DE]

———Paul S. Egan, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 33833 [3DE]

Agent orange: Agent Orange Working Group, 33816 [3DE]

———Dixon Arnett, Dept. of HHS, 2867, 2868 [4FE]

———Everett Alvarez, Jr., VA, 2866 [4FE]

———Frank Press, National Academy of Sciences, 33824 [3DE]

———Frederic L. Conway, VA, 33818 [3DE]

———James O. Mason, 2863 [4FE], 33816, 33817 [3DE]

———John H. Gibbons, OTA, 2863, 2866, 2868, 2874, 2876, 2884 [4FE]

———Mark J. Scally, Public Health Service, 2877 [4FE]

———Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 2867, 2870, 2873 [4FE]

———Robert L. Raclin, Dept. of HHS, 2874, 2882 [4FE]

———Senator Cranston, 2882 [4FE]

———Senators Cranston and Murkowski, 2863, 2869 [4FE]

———Zachary Stalberg, 27330 [9OC]

Allocations of VA health care to States: Senator Cranston, 33917 [3DE]

———Senator Graham, 33916 [3DE]

DAV transportation network: Charles E. Joeckel, Jr., 28210 [16OC]

Flat grave markers: Fort Custer National Cemetery Advisory Committee, Inc., 33858 [3DE]

———Representative Studds, 33858 [3DE]

———Senators Kerry and Kennedy, 33858 [3DE]

———Senators Riegle, Levin, and Representative Wolpe, 33858 [3DE]

Homeless veterans: Joseph T. Piening, AMVETS, 7503 [31MR]

———Richard W. Johnson, Noncommissioned Officers Association, 7503 [31MR]

———Senators Cranston and Murkowski, 13882 [28MY]

Human immunodeficiency virus: Jack W. Owen, American Hospital Association, 33833 [3DE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial location: William E. Ryan, Jr., American Battle Monuments Commission, 35750 [15DE]

Last Man's Club: Representative Florio, 9358 [22AP]

National Academy of Sciences review of evidence pertaining to effects of exposure to agent orange: Senators Kerry and Cranston, 20654 [22JY]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: President Reagan, 13965 [28MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: constituent, 3131 [5FE]

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center: William F. Ryan, 33859 [3DE]

Pacific War Memorial on Corregidor: Edith V. Knowles, 30375 [30OC]

Radiation exposure during military service: several Senators, 2925 [4FE]

VA hospital provision of quality and compassionate care: Mary L. McGue, 23657 [9SE]

———Walter P. Kennedy, 23657 [9SE]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act: GAO, 28250 [16OC]

———Senator Durenberger, 28250 [16OC]

Veterans' entitlement programs: Gene A. Murphy, DAV, 31494 [10NO]

Veterans' health care improvement: Elwin V. Svenson, 385 [6JA]

Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act: Senator Domenici, 2760 [4FE]

Veterans' Job Training Act: J. Michael Hudson, Dept. of the Treasury, 7495 [31MR]

———Senator Cranston, 7495 [31MR]

———Thomas K. Turnage, VA, 7495, 7498 [31MR]

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act: AMVETS, 23239 [7AU]

———American Legion, 23239 [7AU], 28238 [16OC]

———Amvets, 28238 [16OC]

———DAV, 23239 [7AU], 28238 [16OC]

———Noncommissioned Officers Association, 23239 [7AU], 28238 [16OC]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 28242 [16OC]

———VFW, 23239 [7AU], 28238 [16OC]

———Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 28242 [16OC]

Lists

Bills dealing with veterans' policies, 31695 [10NO]

Meetings

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): remove the expiration date of eligibility for the educational assistance programs for veterans of the All- Volunteer Force (S. 12), D307 [1MY]

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: national recognition of DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial (H.J. Res. 97), D270 [22AP]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): exempt retired members of the Armed Forces assigned to the American Battle Monuments Commission from grade limitations (H.R. 733), D280 [23AP]

———making GI bill educational assistance programs permanent, D96 [26FE]

———per diem rates for VA payments to States for domiciliary and nursing home care provided to veterans (H.R. 1659), D280 [23AP]

———VA home loan program (H. Con. Res. 78) and 1% VA fee for home loan guarantee (H. Con. Res. 79), D178 [19MR], D280 [23AP]

———VA medical construction resolution, D280 [23AP]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): eligibility for educational assistance programs for veterans All-Volunteer Force, D92 [26FE]

———homeless veterans assistance programs, D92 [26FE]

———readjustment counseling for Vietnam-era veterans, D92 [26FE]

Memorandums

Response to Senator Cranston's Inquiry: Agent Orange Working Group, Dept. of HHS, 2883 [4FE]

Veterans' Job Training Act: Thomas K. Turnage, VA, 7498 [31MR]

Memorials of legislature

Arizona, 14058 [28MY]

California, 19055 [8JY], 25418 [28SE], 26062 [1OC]

Delaware, 14327 [2JN]

Illinois, 22020 [3AU], 23080 [7AU]

Massachusetts, 6357 [19MR]

Minnesota, 13826 [27MY]

Pennsylvania, 36150 [17DE]

Obituaries

William P. Wilson, Northeast Mississippi Journal, 9293 [22AP]

Papers

Agent Orange: Center for Disease Control, 2871 [4FE]

Poems

``Atomic Veterans,'' Gordon P. Erspamer, 1909 [22JA]

``Bikini,'' Gordon P. Erspamer, 1909 [22JA]

``Deceived by Our Own,'' W. Happy Blake, 27940 [14OC]

``My Son,'' Margery Carlson, 28772 [21OC]

``Veterans Day,'' Charles D. Whittle, 31725 [10NO]

Prayers

Memorial Day observance at Redwood City, CA: Jack S. Wildman, 14591 [3JN]

Proclamations

Incomparable Hildegarde, 12025 [12MY]

Remarks in House

American Battle Monuments Commission: funds for construction of Korean War Veterans Memorial (H.R. 1454), 29281-29283 [27OC]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: medical breakthrough, 23023 [7AU]

Agent orange: claims settlement, 1820 [21JA]

———health effects, 26247 [1OC], 27329 [9OC]

Allentown, PA: All-East Reunion of China-Burma-India Veterans Association, 15379 [10JN], 24700 [21SE]

American Legion: anniversary, 5997 [17MR]

———commend Post No. 38, 9357 [22AP]

———memorial service for chaplains who died in action during World War II, 3263 [10FE]

Bataan-Corregidor Day: observance, 8536 [8AP]

Benefits, 27940 [14OC]

———rates of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 2945), 21297, 21299, 21302-21305 [28JY], 36286-36289 [18DE]

———victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 6728 [25MR], 21305-21310 [28JY]

Blacks: military officers, 28161 [15OC]

Budget: reduction in programs, 8083 [7AP]

Canada: visiting Vietnam veterans, 6961 [26MR]

Chicago, IL: VFW Rhine Post No. 2729 anniversary, 26717 [6OC]

Congressional Medal of Honor Day: designate (H.J. Res. 384), 32141 [17NO], 32718 [18NO]

Crown Point, IN: VA clinic construction relative to Davis-Bacon Act, 18598 [1JY]

DAV: tribute, 22672 [5AU]

DAV Vietnam Veterans' National Memorial, Angel Fire, NM: recognize (H.J. Res. 97), 1821 [21JA], 10966 [4MY], 14394 [2JN]

District of Columbia: VA Medical Center evaluation, 28546 [20OC]

Education: GI bill assistance program, 12329-12331 [13MY]

———GI bill assistance program (H.R. 1085), 5749 [17MR], 5766 17MR, 5767, 5774, 5779 [17MR], 6004 [17MR], 6239, 6250 [18MR], 6279, 6281 [19MR], 6602 [23MR], 6708 [24MR], 6937 [25MR], 8622 [9AP], 9067 [21AP], 12329-12331 [13MY]

———GI bill assistance program (H.R. 1085), House amendment to Senate amendment, 12329-12331 [13MY]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: recognize (H.R. 1782), 6941 [25MR]

Employment: security for civil service positions, 5288 [10MR]

———training and placement (H.R. 3460), 29228-29233 [27OC]

Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: charter (H.R. 1597), 5668 [12MR]

GI bill, 22715 [6AU]

Gloucester City, NJ: anniversary of Townsend C. Young VFW Post, 24022 [15SE]

Gold Star families: trip to Washington, DC, 31456 [9NO]

Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (H.J. Res. 355), 23439 [7AU], 24937-24939 [23SE]

Hammerschmidt, Representative: Life Service to Veterans Award from Paralyzed Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans Institute, 10994 [4MY]

Handicapped: national salute to hospitalized, 3267 [10FE]

Higgins Lake, MI: dedication of AMVETS Post 13, 6712 [24MR]

Homeless veterans: medical care, 9599 [23AP]

Housing: improve programs (H.R. 2672), 15599 [11JN], 22050, 22051-22059 [3AU], 25944, 25945 [1OC], 32125-32137 [17NO]

———VA home loan program (H. Con. Res. 78), 9808 [30AP]

Iwo Jima: anniversary of battle, 3319 [11FE]

Kingfield, ME: American Legion Post 61 life membership, 5515 [11MR]

Korean War: MIA account, 3449 [18FE]

———memorial, 19840 [15JY]

———memorial location in District of Columbia (H.J. Res. 405), 33196 [20NO], 35749 [15DE]

Lehigh Valley Korea/Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial: fundraising banquet, 31709 [10NO], 34659 [9DE]

Louisiana: establish national cemetery (H.R. 2789), 17878 [26JN]

Los Angeles, CA: international memorial to honor Korean conflict veterans, 15386 [10JN]

Marina, CA: health care services' Outreach Center (H.R. 2526), 13815 [27MY]

Maryland Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 22989, 22993 [6AU]

Maryland Veterans' Memorial Highway: dedication, 13769 [27MY]

Medal of Honor recipients: tribute, 14072 [28MY]

Medicaid-certified State Veterans Home assistance: support, 20785 [22JY]

Medical care: administration's budget policy, 3241 [10FE]

———eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (H.R. 2327), 11892 [11MY], 17972-17977 [29JN], 18235 [30JN], 18397, 18399 [30JN], 31714 [10NO]

———problems associated with agent orange, 32972 [19NO]

———reimbursement rate to State nursing homes and hospitals, 5779 [17MR]

Memorial Day: observance, 13663, 13664, 13678 [21MY]

———remembrance of POW and MIA, 13984 [28MY]

———restore to original date (H.R. 2438), 13326 [21MY]

Mental health: post-traumatic stress disorder, 22138 [3AU]

Merchant marine: benefits to World War II seamen (H.R. 1235), 4125 [25FE], 6432 [19MR], 13650 [21MY], 22671 [5AU]

———benefits to certain seamen under GI bill of rights, 21556 [29JY]

MIA: accounting, 10019-10021 [27AP]

Mt. Clemens, MI: commend Vietnam Veterans of America chapter, 9339 [22AP]

Murfreesboro, TN: tribute to Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, 3894 [19FE]

National Association of Radiation Survivors: tribute, 1909 [22JA]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (H.J. Res. 293), 13324 [21MY]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 388), 29745 [28OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 47), 7393 [31MR], 9030 [10AP]

National League of Families: display of POW/MIA flag in Capitol rotunda (H. Con. Res. 28), 1913 [22JA]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (S.J. Res. 105), 33674 [2DE]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 100), 1550 [20JA], 1911 [22JA]

———observance, 23686 [9SE], 23804 [10SE], 24058 [16SE], 24460, 24461, 24466 [17SE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (H.J. Res. 43), 31696 [10NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 171), 29288-29289 [27OC]

———observance, 30376 [30OC]

New Bedford, MA: trip by Gold Star families, 31456 [9NO]

New GI Bill Continuation Act: enact (S. 12), 3287 [11FE]

New Haven, CT: tribute to Veterans Council for Legal Redress, 12741 [18MY]

Noncommissioned Officers Association: charter (H.R. 2248), 10867 [30AP], 11957 [11MY]

North Haven, CT: memorial service for Alexander D. Good, CT, 3263 [10FE]

———memorial service for Clarl V. Poling, 3263 [10FE]

———memorial service for George L. Fox, 3263 [10FE]

———memorial service for Johnny P. Washington, 3263 [10FE]

Oregon: Veterans Day observance, 31698 [10NO]

Pacific War Memorial on Corregidor: restoration, 16427 [17JN], 30375 [30OC]

Paralyzed Veterans Association of Florida: annual bowl-a-thon, 1549 [20JA]

Philadelphia, PA: commend efforts to fund Vietnam memorial, 12240 [12MY]

Philippine Scouts: authorize memorial in the District of Columbia (H.J. Res. 243), 9010 [10AP]

———equalize retired pay with other Armed Forces retirees (H.R. 2065), 8910 [9AP]

———naturalization of certain World War II veterans, 4094 [25FE]

POW/MIA: recognition for service in Vietnam, 23932 [15SE], 31457 [9NO]

Puerto Rico: beneficiary travel program (H.R. 1210), 4042 [24FE]

Redwood City, CA: Memorial Day observance, 14591 [3JN]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter, 1974 [27JA]

Rochester, NY: Vietnam Veterans of America's Tie That Binds symbol, 31924 [16NO]

Shreveport, LA: Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, 18399 [30JN]

States: increase per diem rates for payments by VA for domiciliary care and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes (H.R. 1659), 13773-13776 [27MY]

Sweat, Don: veterans representative in California, 10855 [30AP]

Taxation: credit for home-based medical care (H.R. 616), 1547 [20JA]

Television: Tour of Duty show, 21617 [30JY], 24939 [23SE]

Texas: establish new VA medical facility (H.R. 3752), 35448 [11DE]

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: civil service retirement, 32951 [19NO]

Ukrainian Americans: veterans, 15629 [11JN]

Veterans Burial Benefits Act: enact (H.R. 615), 1553 [20JA]

Veterans Day: observance, 29763 [28OC], 31441 [9NO], 31695, 31696, 31698, 31714, 31715, 31717, 31720, 31725 [10NO], 33193 [20NO]

Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1504), 5289 [10MR], 17904 [26JN], 17978-17981 [29JN], 18235 [30JN], 31714 [10NO]

VFW: commend Nisei Post No. 8985, 9360 [22AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (H.R. 1600), 19840 [15JY], 31624-31626 [10NO]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (H.R. 3628), 31570 [10NO], 31713 [10NO]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary of U.S. departure from Vietnam, 10827-11019 [4MY]

———coverage for post-traumatic stress disorders (H.R. 38), 6595 [23MR]

———depiction in ``Platoon'', 5283 [10MR]

———mistreatment and torture of POW, 12231 [12MY]

———service by women, 22162 [3AU]

———tribute to veterans, 11350, 11357 [6MY]

World War II: 33d Division reunion, 21030 [23JY]

World War II Veterans' Memorial and Museum: establish, 34997 [10DE], 35824 [16DE]

Remarks in Senate

Agent orange: committee hearings on effects of exposure, 37890 [21DE]

———health effects, 2862, 2877, 2885 [4FE], 24477 [18SE]

———liability case participants (S. 1805), 28749 [21OC]

American Battle Monuments Commission: investment of funds for construction of Korean War Veterans Memorial (H.R. 1454), 37677 [21DE]

American Legion: Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing on legislative priorities, 24811 [22SE]

Angel Fire, NM: DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial, 22974 [6AU]

Armed Forces: monthly annuity to widows of retirees (S. 479), 3077 [5FE]

Baltimore, MD: Maryland Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., 23342 [7AU]

Benefits: death or disability resulting from exposure to radiation from detonation of nuclear weapons (S. 1002), 8813-8816, 8819 [9AP]

———extend adult day health care program and authorize contract halfway house care (S. 1064), 9143 [21AP]

———health care, 28070 [15OC]

Budget: entitlement programs, 31494 [10NO]

CHAMPUS: funding, 13894, 13897-13898 [28MY]

DAV: recognize Vietnam Veterans National Memorial (H.J. Res. 97), 30324 [30OC]

———recognize Vietnam Veterans National Memorial (S.J. Res. 106), 7650 [1AP], 22978 [6AU], 23348 [7AU], 30789 [4NO]

———transportation network, 31894 [13NO]

Defense contractors: liability arising from nuclear weapons testing (S. 478), 2924 [4FE]

Dept. of Transportation: transportation of certain VA beneficiaries on aeromedical aircraft, 25074-25076 [24SE]

Disability compensation: cost of living increases (S. 240), 1354 [14JA]

Diseases: acquired immune deficiency syndrome testing and counseling, 34345 [8DE]

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (S. 1692), 24434 [17SE], 24538 [18SE]

———inclusion of systemic lupus erythematosis as service-connected (S. 1491), 19782 [14JY]

Education: benefits, 6789, 6790 [25MR]

———benefits for flight training (S. 820), 6662 [24MR]

———GI bill assistance program (H.R. 1085), House amendments, 12287 [13MY]

———remove expiration date for eligibility for educational assistance programs for All Volunteer Force (S. 12), 8954 [10AP], 11443 [6MY], 11754-11771 [8MY], 13000 [19MY]

———remove expiration date for eligibility for educational assistance programs for All Volunteer Force (S. 12), H.R. 1085 passed in lieu, 11771 [8MY]

———remove expiration date for eligibility for educational assistance programs for All Volunteer Force (S. 12), referral, 9115 [21AP]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (S. 840), 6881 [25MR]

Employment: training and counseling services (S. 999), 8804, 8805 [9AP], 9449 [23AP], 22182, 22186-22197 [4AU], 36572 [19DE]

———training and counseling services (S. 999), H.R. 1504 passed in lieu, 22197 [4AU]

GI bill: payment of survivor benefits (S. 1997), 37832 [21DE]

———permanent, 19773 [14JY]

Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (H.J. Res. 355), 25646 [29SE]

Homeless veterans, 5953 [17MR]

———funding for housing programs, 13881-13886, 13901-13905 [28MY]

———reintegration programs, 8699 [9AP]

Homeless Veterans Assistance Act: enact (S. 477), 2922 [4FE], 7488, 7491-7501, 7503-7505 [31MR]

Housing: home loans and purchases (S. 920), 7988 [3AP]

———increase maximum VA home loan guaranty (S. 1801), 28420 [20OC], 30324-30334 [30OC], 32057 [17NO]

———loan guarantee revolving fund, 13887 [28MY]

Insurance: exempt from State taxation (S. 1090), 9441-9443 [23AP]

———higher installments payable to certain annuitants (S. 1090), 9441-9443 [23AP]

Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.: tribute, 6908 [25MR]

Korean War Memorial: erection (S. 1525), 20640 [22JY]

———location (S.J. Res. 225), 33637 [2DE]

Medical care: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (H.R. 2327), substitute text of S. 1464, 28264 [16OC]

———funding of benefits (S. Con. Res. 7), 1355, 1356 [14JA]

———transportation of claimants and beneficiaries (S. 1059), 9139 [21AP]

Medicare-Eligible Veterans Health Care Financial Assistance Act: enact (S. 603), 4323, 4324 [26FE]

Memorial Day: observance, 13515 [21MY]

Mentally handicapped: psychiatric treatment for certain, 2305, 2306 [29JA]

Merchant marine: benefits for World War II seamen (S. 1541), 21120 [24JY]

Michigan: construction projects for veterans, 28066 [15OC]

Motor vehicles: mileages allowances for travel to VA medical centers (S. 1467), 18808 [7JY]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (S. 1897), 33166 [20NO]

National cemeteries: safe ingress and egress (S. 919), 7987 [3AP]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (S.J. Res. 141), 13964 [28MY]

National League of Families: display flag in Capitol rotunda (S. Con. Res. 9), 23753 [10SE], 24423 [17SE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (S.J. Res. 105), 7189 [27MR], 30320 [30OC]

National POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 47), 2927 [4FE], 6637 [24MR], 6908 [25MR]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 49), 3131 [5FE]

———observance (S.J. Res. 49), 24531 [18SE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 171), 18809 [7JY]

———observance, 31549, 31563 [10NO]

New GI Bill Continuation Act: enact (S. 12), 423, 426, 427 [6JA], 12314 [13MY]

New Jersey: establish outpatient clinic in central or southern region (S. 246), 693 [6JA]

Noncommissioned Officers Association: charter (S. 1397), 16850 [19JN], 28740 [21OC]

Nonprofit organizations: allow to advertise bingo (S. 855), 7048 [26MR]

Order of Daedalians: tribute, 15480 [11JN]

POW: benefits for servicemen held in Soviet Union during World War II (S. 1874), 32044 [17NO]

———presumption of service connection for certain diseases (S. 1365), 16158 [16JN], 34555 [9DE]

POW Recognition Day: observance, 8752 [9AP]

Quincy, MA: dedication of Vietnam veterans memorial, 27830 [14OC]

Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association: grant charter (S. 1359), 15463 [11JN]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (S. 542), 3728 [19FE]

Service-Disabled Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act: enact (S. 9), 396-398 [6JA]

Shreveport, LA: designate Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, 19783 [14JY]

States: increase per diem rates for payments by VA for domiciliary care and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes (H.R. 1659), 14141 [29MY]

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act: enact (S. 1787), 27815, 27816 [14OC]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act: enact (S. 1646), 23235 [7AU]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Act: enact (S. 1234), 12986 [19MY]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act: enact (S. 1464), 28206-28222, 28238, 28239-28259, 28263 [16OC]

———enact (S. 1464), unanimous-consent agreement, 27260 [9OC]

Veterans' Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment Act: enact (S. 240), 687 [6JA]

Veterans Day: observance, 30568 [3NO], 31519, 31521, 31564 [10NO]

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act: enact (S. 918), 7985 [3AP]

Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act: enact (S. 6), 377-383 [6JA]

Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act: enact (S. 453), 2757-2760 [4FE]

Veterans Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1504), 22186, 22197 [4AU]

———amend (H.R. 1882), 32810 [19NO]

———improve program (S. 553), 3735 [19FE]

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act: enact (S. 1501), 20047, 20051-20056 [15JY], 28239 [16OC]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: authorize (S. 1896), 33164 [20NO]

Vietnamese Conflict: agent orange, 7661 [1AP]

———Centers for Disease Control study of agent orange, 26147-26152 [1OC]

———depiction in ``Platoon'', 8886 [9AP]

———return of POW/MIA, 11566 [6MY]

Warner, Senator: L. Mendel Rivers Award for Legislative Action, 29439, 29440 [27OC]

Washington: national cemetery in Seattle/Tacoma region, 28062 [15OC]

Wisconsin: Incomparable Hildegarde, 12025 [12MY]

Women: remove certain gender references (S. 495), 3083 [5FE]

Reports

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Testing: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 33932 [3DE]

Agent Orange: Centers for Disease Control, 2868 [4FE]

Benefits and Information: VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, 31550 [10NO]

Compromise Agreement on H.R. 2945, the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, 36288 [18DE]

DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 97), 29882 [29OC]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 105), 29882 [29OC]

Serum Dioxin in Vietnam-Era Veterans: Centers for Disease Control, 26148 [1OC]

Reports filed

American Battle Monuments Commission Investment of Funds for Construction of Korean War Veterans Memorial: Committee on House Administration (H.R. 1454) (H. Rept. 100-405), 29306 [27OC]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 733) (H. Rept. 100-75), 10836 [30AP]

Benefits for Victims of Ionizing Radiation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1811) (H. Rept. 100-1811), 20905 [23JY]

Benefits Improvements: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 9) (S. Rept. 100-215), 31227 [6NO]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H. Con. Res. 78) (H. Rept. 100-63), 9645 [23AP]

Disability: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. Rept. 95-468), 398 [6JA]

Eligibility for Beneficiary Travel Benefits to VA Medical Facilities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2327) (H. Rept. 100-190), 17436 [25JN]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1464) (S. Rept. 100-187), 25617 [29SE]

Eligibility for Educational Assistance Programs for All-Volunteer Force: Committee on Armed Services (S. 12), 10906 [1MY]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 12) (S. Rept. 100-13), 5920 [17MR]

GI Bill Educational Assistance Programs (H.R. 1085): Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 5492 [11MR]

Homeless Veterans Assistance Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 477) (100-15), 6092 [18MR]

Improve National Cemeteries: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2957) (H. Rept. 100-246), 21376 [28JY]

Increase Per Diem Rates for VA Payments for Domiciliary Care and Nursing Home Care in State Homes: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1659) (H. Rept. 100-86), 11719 [7MY]

National POW Recognition Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 47), 6357 [19MR]

Noncommissioned Officers Association Charter: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1397), 22917 [6AU]

VA Rates of Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2945) (H. Rept. 100-236), 20905 [23JY]

Veterans Eligibility for Beneficiary Travel Benefits to VA Medical Facilities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2327) (H. Rept. 100-190), 17436 [25JN]

Veterans' Home Loan Program Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 1801) (H. Rept. 100-204), 28743 [21OC]

Veterans' Job Training Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 999) (S. Rept. 100-128), 21249 [28JY]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1504) (H. Rept. 100-192), 17436 [25JN]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Meeting Veterans Needs, 15392 [10JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Vietnam Veterans of America, 28221 [16OC]

Sermons

500 Memorial Service—Monument Circle, Russ Blowers, 3231 [9FE], 13664 [21MY]

Statements

Assistance of Veteran's Service Officers to Attorneys, 8954 [10AP]

Compromise Agreement on H.R. 2672, Veterans Home Loan Program Improvements and Property Rehabilitation Act: Senator Cranston, 34261-34266 [4DE]

DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial: Kenneth G. Musselmann, 30789 [4NO]

Ethical Principles Behind DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial: David Westphall II, 10966 [4MY]

GI Bill of Rights: Dudley L. Carlson, 11761, 11762 [8MY]

———Ernest C. Cheatham, 11762 [8MY]

———John O. Marsh, Jr., Sec. of the Army, 11757 [8MY]

———Representative Wright, 11756 [8MY]

———Reserve Officers Association, 11762 [8MY]

———Robert M. Elton, 11762 [8MY]

———Thomas A. Hickey, 11761, 11762 [8MY]

———Thomas B. Hayward, 11764 [8MY]

Gold Star Award Presented to Incomparable Hildegarde: Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmen's Club, 12025 [12MY]

Homeless: Johns Hopkins University, 6563 [23MR]

———Senators Murkowski, Simpson, Thurmond, and Stafford (minority views), 7501 [31MR]

MIA: Eugene Tighe, 10019 [27AP]

———Robert Howard, 10019 [27AP]

Readjustment Counseling Program: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 28219 [16OC]

Square Deal for Veterans: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 21742 [30JY]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act: Ken Musselmann, DAV, 28238 [16OC]

Vietnam and ``Platoon'': Representative Dornan, 10828 [4MY]

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program: GAO, 28243 [16OC]

———VA, 28241 [16OC]

Vietnamese Conflict: Don Bailey, 31709 [10NO]

———Victor Westphall III, 1822 [21JA]

Studies

Agent Orange: Air Force, 2885-2888 [4FE]

———Dept. of HHS, 2888 [4FE]

Agricultural Herbicide Use and Risk of Lymphoma and Soft-Tissue Sarcoma, 2884 [4FE]

Herbicide Exposure and Cancer, 2881 [4FE]

Homelessness: Johns Hopkins University, 7491 [31MR]

Psychoactive Drug Use Among Practicing Physicians and Medical Students: William E. McAuliffe, Mary Rohman, Susan Santangelo, Barry Feldman, and Arthur Sobol, New England Journal of Medicine, 33872 [3DE]

Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Military Service in Vietnam—Case-Control Study: Journal of National Cancer Institute, 33819-33823 [3DE]

Summaries

Compromise Agreement on H.R. 2672, Veterans Home Loan Program Improvements and Property Rehabilitation Act, 34255 [4DE]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act (S. 1464), 18533 [1JY]

Tables

Centers for Disease Control's epidemiological studies of health of veterans, 33817 [3DE]

North Carolina casualties in Southeast Asia, 31519 [10NO]

Overview of U.S. former POW population, 16160 [16JN]

Radiation exposures for World War II veterans, 8816 [9AP]

Testimonies

Psychiatric Treatment: Senator Cranston, 2305 [29JA]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 97, recognize DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial, 10967 [4MY]

H.J. Res. 243, Philippine Scouts memorial in the District of Columbia, 9010 [10AP]

H.J. Res. 355, Gold Star Mothers Day, 23439 [7AU]

H.J. Res. 384, Congressional Medal of Honor Day, 32141 [17NO]

H.R. 615, Veterans Burial Benefits Act, 1553 [20JA]

H.R. 616, Elderly Veterans Care Act, 1547 [20JA]

H.R. 1085, GI bill educational assistance program, 5749 [17MR], 12287 [13MY]

H.R. 1454, investment of American Battle Commission funds for construction of Korean War Veterans Memorial, 29283 [27OC]

H.R. 1597, grant charter to Franco-American War Veterans, Inc., 5668 [12MR]

H.R. 1659, increase per diem rates for payments by VA for domiciliary care and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes, 13773 [27MY]

H.R. 2065, equalize retired pay of World War II Philippine Scouts with other Armed Forces retirees, 8910 [9AP]

H.R. 2526, VA health care services in Marina, CA, Outreach Center, 13815 [27MY]

H.R. 2616, Omnibus Veterans' Benefits and Services Act, 34185-34206 [4DE]

H.R. 2672, Veterans Home Loan Program Improvements and Property Rehabilitation Act, 22051-22054 [3AU], 34252-34255 [4DE]

H.R. 2945, rates of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, 21297 [28JY], 36286 [18DE]

H.R. 2957, improve national cemeteries, 22059 [3AU]

H.R. 3460, veterans employment and training, 29228 [27OC]

S. 6, Veterans' Health-Care Improvement Act, 383, 384 [6JA]

S. 9, Service-Disabled Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, 402 [6JA]

S. 11, VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act, 419 [6JA]

S. 12, remove expiration date for eligibility for educational assistance programs for All Volunteer Force, 425 [6JA], 11754 [8MY]

S. 105, incentive special pay for certain VA psychologists, 568 [6JA]

S. 128, travel on military aircraft for service-connected disabled, 572 [6JA]

S. 453, Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act, 2758 [4FE]

S. 477, Homeless Veterans' Assistance Act, 2923 [4FE], 6564-6566 [23MR], 7488-7490, 7505-7508 [31MR]

S. 495, remove certain gender references relative to veterans benefits, 3083 [5FE]

S. 542, charter for Retired Enlisted Association, Inc., 3728 [19FE]

S. 553, amend Veterans Job Training Act to improve program, 3736 [19FE]

S. 603, Medicare-Eligible Veterans Health Care Financial Assistance Act, 4324 [26FE]

S. 840, charter for the 82d Airborne Division Association, Inc., 6881 [25MR]

S. 894, coverage of U.S. service-connected disabilities of noncitizens, 7642 [1AP]

S. 999, Veterans' Job Training Act, 8807-8809 [9AP], 22182-22186 [4AU]

S. 1002, Veterans' Radiation Exposure Disability and Death Benefits Act, 8817-8819 [9AP]

S. 1059, transportation of VA claimants and beneficiaries in connection with medical care, 9139 [21AP]

S. 1064, extend VA adult day health care program and authorize contract halfway house care, 9143 [21AP]

S. 1090, veterans' and servicemen's insurance payments, 9441 [23AP]

S. 1136, limit types of proposed VA disciplinary actions in which disciplinary boards function, 11106 [5MY]

S. 1234, Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Act, 12987 [19MY]

S. 1397, grant charter to Noncommissioned Officers Association, 16850 [19JN]

S. 1451, benefits for POW, 18187 [30JN]

S. 1464, Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act, 18536 [1JY], 28202-28205 [16OC]

S. 1467, mileage allowances for travel to VA medical centers, 18808 [7JY]

S. 1501, Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act, 20056 [15JY]

S. 1506, national recreational activities for rehabilitation of disabled veterans, 20251 [17JY]

S. 1510, National Academy of Sciences review of evidence pertaining to effects of exposure to agent orange, 20654 [22JY]

S. 1517, VA use of per diem subsidies, 20569 [21JY]

S. 1525, construct Korean War Memorial, 20640 [22JY]

S. 1646, Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act, 23236, 23238 [7AU]

S. 1691, VA housing loans, 24217 [16SE], 24424 [17SE], 25944 [1OC], 26144 [1OC]

S. 1692, disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 24435 [17SE]

S. 1801, Veterans' Home Loan Program Improvements Act, 28421 [20OC]

S. 1805, agent orange liability case participants, 28750 [21OC]

S. 1874, redefining the term ``former prisoner of war'', 32044 [17NO]

S. 1896, authorizing Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., memorial, 33165 [20NO]

S. 1997, GI bill payment of survivor benefits, 37833 [21DE]

S. Con. Res. 7, funding of medical benefits, 1355 [14JA]

S. Con. Res. 9, display National League of Families' POW/MIA flag in Capitol rotunda, 24423 [17SE]

S. Res. 233, funds for Public Health Emergency Fund and treatment of veterans with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 16183 [16JN]

S. Res. 240, recognition of Vietnam veterans, 17859 [26JN]

S. Res. 340, Pearl Harbor Shipyard Day, 34342 [8DE]

S.J. Res. 47, National Former POW Recognition Day, 2927 [4FE], 6638 [24MR], 7395 [31MR]

S.J. Res. 49, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 3131 [5FE]

S.J. Res. 105, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 7189 [27MR], 33674 [2DE]

S.J. Res. 171, National Women Veterans Recognition Week, 18809 [7JY], 28123 [15OC], 29289 [27OC]

S.J. Res. 225, Korean War Memorial location, 33637 [2DE]