Veterans Issues in the 106th Congress.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Diseases.
• Internet.
• Medicare.

Physical Description:

• 1 online resource (34 pages) : digital, PDF file
• monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.

System Details:

• System requirements: PDF reader software.
• text file
• PDF

Summary:

Discusses policies, programs, and benefits of interest to veterans during the 106th Congress. Covers Veterans Affairs Department budget and appropriations for FY2000 and FY2001, medical and other benefit programs, and related issues. Discusses organization of Veterans Affairs Department, cost-sharing for veterans, relationship of medicare to veterans' benefits, recently approved legislation, Supplemental Security Income for Filipino veterans, benefit hoaxes on the Internet, programs for transition from active duty to civilian life, and the ongoing issue of presuming service connections to illness that include chemical agents, nuclear radiation, Persian Gulf War Syndrome, and tobacco-related illness.

Notes:

• CRS Report.
• Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Veterans Issues in the 106th Congress

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Restricted for use by site license.