106th Congress Hearings
October 2000
Health
Subcommittee
Hearing on Chiropractic Services in the VA
DATE/TIME/PLACE: October 3 (Tuesday), 9:30
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
September 2000
Health
Subcommittee
MARKUP of Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care
Personnel Act of 2000 (to be introduced)
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 7 (Thursday),
10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
Full
Committee
MARKUP of H.R. 5109, Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Care Personnel Act of 2000
DATE/TIME/PLACE:
September 13 (Wednesday), 10:30 a.m., 334
Cannon
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Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Follow-up hearing on VA’s information technology program
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 21 (Thursday),
10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
Full
Committee Joint with Senate VA Committee
Legislative presentation of The American Legion
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 26 (Tuesday),
9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon
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Witness List
Benefits
Subcommittee
Hearing on licensing and credentialing of military job
skills for civilian employment
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 27 (Wednesday),
10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Veterans Employment and Training Service
(VETS) program effectiveness and strategic planning
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 27 (Wednesday),
10:00 a.m., 340 Cannon
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Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Human Subjects Protections in VA Medical
Research
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 28 (Thursday),
10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
July 2000
Benefits
Subcommittee
Legislative
hearing on H.R. 4765, 21st Century Veterans
Employment and Training Act and H.R. 3256, Veterans’ Right
to Know Act
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 12 (Wednesday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
Benefits
Subcommittee (continued)
Legislative hearing on H.R. 4765, 21st
Century Veterans Employment and Training Act and H.R. 3256,
Veterans’ Right to Know Act
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 13 (Thursday), 9:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
Benefits
Subcommittee
MARKUP of H.R. 4850, Veterans Benefits Act of 2000;
and H.R. 4864, Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 18 (Tuesday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
Benefits
Subcommittee
MARKUP of H.R. 4765, 21st Century
Employment and Training Act
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 19 (Wednesday), 10:30
a.m., 334 Cannon
Full
Committee
MARKUP of H.R. 4765, 21st Century Employment
and Training Act; H.R. 4850, Veterans Benefits Act of 2000;
and H.R. 4864, Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 20 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
Health
Subcommittee
Hearing on VA pharmaceutical procurement policy
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 25 (Tuesday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Patient Safety and Quality Management in the
Department of Veterans Affairs
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 27 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
Witness List
June 2000
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Field Hearing on
Quality of Care, Patient and Employee Safety, and Management
Effectiveness at the Marion VA Medical Center
DATE/TIME/PLACE: June 1 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., Marion VA Medical Center Theater, Marion, Indiana
Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs services for
women veterans
DATE/TIME/PLACE: June 8 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Best Practices and Customer Service at the
Department of Veterans Affairs
DATE/TIME/PLACE: June 22
Postponed to a date to be
announced
May 2000
Full
Committee
Markup of H.R. 4268, Veterans and Dependents
Millennium Education Act
DATE/TIME/PLACE: May 11 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
News Page
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs Information
Technology (IT) program
DATE/TIME/PLACE: May 11 (Thursday), 11:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
Health
Subcommittee
Hearing on VA/DoD health care sharing
DATE/TIME/PLACE: May 17 (Wednesday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on VA disability claims processing
DATE/TIME/PLACE: May 18 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on VA/DoD joint pharmacy procurement
DATE/TIME/PLACE: May 25 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
April 2000
Health Subcommittee
Hearing on VA Capital Asset
Planning
DATE/TIME/PLACE: April 5 (Wednesday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Health
Subcommittee
Hearing on the status of recruitment, retention and
compensation of the VA health care workforce including
nurses, physicians and dentists
DATE/TIME/PLACE: April 12 (Wednesday),
10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee
Hearing on VA disability claims processing
DATE/TIME/PLACE: April 13
Postponed until further notice
Benefits
Subcommittee
Hearing on VA adjudication of Hepatitis C claims,
and H.R. 1020, H.R. 3816 and H.R. 3998
DATE/TIME/PLACE: April 13 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., 340 Cannon
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Witness List
March 2000
Full
Committee Joint with Senate Veterans Affairs
Legislative presentation of the
Disabled American Veterans
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 1
(Wednesday), 10:00 a.m.,
**345 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Full
Committee Joint with Senate Veterans Affairs
Legislative presentation of the
Non Commissioned Officers Association, Jewish War Veterans,
Paralyzed Veterans of America and Blinded Veterans
Association
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 2
(Thursday), 9:30 a.m.,
**345 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Full
Committee Joint with Senate Veterans Affairs
Legislative presentation of the
Retired Enlisted Association, Gold Star Wives of America,
Military Order of the Purple Heart, Air Force Sergeants
Association and Fleet Reserve Association
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 7
(Tuesday), 9:30 a.m.,
**345 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Joint
Benefits and Health Subcommittees
Hearing on homeless veterans' issues
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 9 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., **345 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Joint
Benefits & Small Business Subcommittee on Government
Programs and Oversight
Hearing on implementation of P.L. 106-50, the "Veterans
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999"
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 14 (Tuesday), 10:00
a.m., ***311 Cannon
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Full
Committee Joint with Senate Veterans Affairs
Legislative presentation of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 15
(Wednesday), 10:00 a.m.,
**345 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs Loan Guaranty
Service
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 16 (Thursday), 10:00
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Full
Committee Joint with Senate Veterans Affairs
Legislative presentation of the
Vietnam Veterans of America, The Retired Officers
Association, American Ex-Prisoners of War, AMVETS and
National Association of the State Directors of Veterans
Affairs
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 22
(Wednesday), 10:00 a.m.,
**345 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Benefits
Subcommittee
Hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs
obligation to assist veterans in filing claims for benefits
and H.R. 3193, the Duty to Assist Veterans Act of 1999
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 23 (Thursday), 9:30
a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List I
Witness List
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs
Information Technology (IT) program
DATE/TIME/PLACE: March 30
Postponed to be Rescheduled to a Later Date
February 2000
Health
Subcommittee Joint with Commerce Subcommittees on Health &
the Environment and Oversight & Investigations
Hearing on Medical Errors:
Improving Quality of Care and Consumer Information
DATE/TIME/PLACE: February 9
(Wednesday), 10:30 a.m.,
***2123 Rayburn
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Witness List I
Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on the status of the
Department of Veterans Affairs $1.2 billion Information
Technology (IT) program
DATE/TIME/PLACE: Postponed to
be Rescheduled to a Later Date
November 1999
(Postponed until Next Year) Oversight
and Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on the status of the Department
of Veterans Affairs $1.2 billion Information Technology (IT) program
DATE/TIME/PLACE: November 10
(Wednesday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
Subcommittees (Joint)
on Health & Oversight and Investigations
Hearing on the possible health effects of the drug
pyridostigmine bromide (PB) on veterans who served in the Persian
Gulf War
DATE/TIME/PLACE: November 16 (Tuesday), **2:00 p.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
October 1999
Benefits Subcommittee
Hearing on Persian Gulf War veterans issues
DATE/TIME/PLACE: October 26 (Tuesday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
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Page
I
Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Year 2000 readiness in the Department of Veterans Affairs
DATE/TIME/PLACE: October 28 (Thursday), 10:00 a.m., 334
Cannon
News Page I
Witness List
NOTE TIME CHANGE
Benefits Subcommittee
Hearing on draft concepts for 21st Century Veterans' Employment
and Training legislation and draft legislative concepts for
miscellaneous VA Education programs
DATE/TIME/PLACE: October 28 (Thursday),
9:00 a.m., 340 Cannon
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Witness List
September 1999
Benefits Subcommittee
Hearing on Veterans' Employment
regarding Civilian Credentialing Requirements for Military Job
Skills
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 9
(Thursday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
*Full Committee
MARKUP of H.R. 1663, National Medal of Honor Memorial Act and
H.J. Res. 65, commending World War II veterans who fought in the
Battle of the Bulge, and for other purposes
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 22 (Wednesday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on fraud and mismanagement in the Department of Veterans
Affairs
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 23 (Thursday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
**Joint Full
Committee with Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Hearing to receive the 1999 legislative presentation of the The
American Legion
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 28 (Tuesday), 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon
Caucus
News Page I
Witness List
*Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Resolution
Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint
Adjudication
DATE/TIME/PLACE: September 30 (Thursday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List
July 1999
Health Subcommittee
Hearing on VA's experience in implementing patient enrollment
under P.L. 104-262
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 15
(Thursday) 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon
Witness List I
News Page
Full Committee
MARKUP of H.R. 2116, the Veterans' Millennium Health
Care Act.
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 15 (Thursday), 1:00
p.m., 334 Cannon
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Oversight and Investigations
Subcommittee
Hearing on Department of Veterans'
Affairs progress in developing its capital assets realignment plan
for enhancing services to veterans
DATE/TIME/PLACE:: *July 22
(Thursday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
Witness List I
News Page
POSTPONED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Benefits Subcommittee
Hearing on Veterans' Employment
regarding Civilian Credentialing Requirements for Military Job
Skills
DATE/TIME/PLACE: July 28
(Wednesday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
Oversight and Investigations
Subcommittee
Hearing on Veterans Employment and
Training Service (VETS) program effectiveness and strategic planning
DATE/TIME/PLACE: *July 29
(Thursday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
Witness List I
News Page
June 1999
Health Subcommittee
MARKUP of pending legislation
TIME/PLACE:June 9 (Wednesday) 10:00 a.m., 334
Cannon
News Page I
Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act I
Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns's Statement I
Ranking Democratic Member Lane Evans's Statement
Benefits
Subcommittee
Hearing on the following bills:
H.R. 605, retirement improvements for judges of the US Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims;
H.R. 690, with respect to presumptive service-connection for
certain radiation exposed veterans suffering from
bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma;
H.R. 708, providing for the reinstatement of certain VA benefits
to remarried surviving spouses of veterans;
H.R. 784, authorizing payment of Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of
war;
H.R. 1214, providing for an enhanced quality assurance program
within the Veterans Benefits Administration; and
H.R. 1765, cost-of-living adjustments for certain service
connected disabled veterans and survivors
TIME/PLACE: June 10 (Thursday) 10:00 a.m., 334 CHOB
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Witness List
Benefits
Subcommittee
Hearing on the following bills:
H.R. 1247, concerning the American Battle Monuments Commission;
H.R. 1476, to establish additional national cemeteries;
H.R. 1484, to authorize appropriations for homeless veterans
projects under the McKinney Act;
H.R. 1603, Guard and Reservist Home Loan Eligibility; and
H.R. 1663, with regard to the Riverside, California National
Cemetery
TIME/PLACE:
June 16 (Wednesday) 10:30 a.m.,
NOTE TIME CHANGE!, 334 CHOB
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Witness List
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Resolution
Management, the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint
Adjudication and concerns of women and minority veterans.
TIME/PLACE: June 17 / POSTPONED UNTIL THE FALL
Benefits
Subcommittee
MARKUP of pending legislation
TIME/PLACE: June 17
(Thursday) 10:00 a.m., 334 CHOB
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Full Committee
MARKUP of pending legislation
TIME/PLACE: June 23
(Wednesday), 10:00 a.m., 334 CHOB
News Page
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on the effectiveness of federal grants to community based
organizations with regard to homeless veterans.
TIME/PLACE: June 24 (Thursday) 10:00 a.m.,
Note Room change:**334
CHOB
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Witness List
Health
Subcommittee
*Note: Hearing Revision
The topic of this hearing is now H.R.
2116, the Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act. The hearing on
patient enrollment in the VA health care system is postponed until
further notice.
TIME/PLACE: June 30 (Wednesday)10:00 a.m., 334 CHOB
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Witness List
May 1999
Health Subcommittee
Hearing on the Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act
TIME/PLACE: May 19 (Wednesday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
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Witness List and Statements
Oversight and Investigations
Subcommittee
Hearing on National Cemeteries, including Arlington National
Cemetery
TIME/PLACE: DATE CHANGE
May 20 (Thursday) 10:00 a.m. **340
Cannon
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National Cemeteries Presentation (Internet Explorer Required for
Viewing) I
Witness List and Statements
Benefits Subcommittee
Hearing on H.R. 1071, the Montgomery GI Bill Improvements Act of
1999 and H.R. 1182, the Servicemembers Educational Opportunity Act
of 1999 (hearing emphasis on Veterans' Readjustment programs)
TIME/PLACE: May 20 ,
(Thursday),10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
News Page I
Witness List and Statements
April 1999
Oversight and Investigations
Subcommittee
Hearing on the readiness of the Department of Veterans Affairs for
Year 2000, including emergency medical facility preparedness and
coordination with FEMA
TIME/PLACE: April 15 (Thursday) 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon
News from Hearing IV on the Department of Veterans Affairs Year 2000
(Y2K) Readiness
Benefits Subcommittee
Hearing on
H.R. 1071, the Montgomery GI Bill Improvements Act of 1999 and
H.R. 1182, the Servicemembers Educational Opportunity Act of
1999
TIME/PLACE: April 21 (Wednesday) 10:00
a.m., **340 Cannon
News from Hearing on H.R. 1071, the
Montgomery GI Bill Improvement Act of 1999, and H.R. 1182, the
Servicemembers Educational Opportunity Act of 1999
Joint Oversight & Investigations
and Health Subcommittees
Hearing on the suspension of medical
research at the West Los Angeles and Sepulveda VA medical facilities
TIME/PLACE: April 21 (Wednesday) 10:00 a.m.
Note Time Change 334 Cannon
News from Hearing on Suspension of Medical Research at West Los
Angeles and Sepulveda VA Medical Facilities and Informed Consent and
Patient Safety in VA Medical Research
Health Subcommittee
Hearing to examine the issue of long-term care for veterans
TIME/PLACE: April 22 (Thursday), 9:30
a.m., 334 Cannon
News from the Hearing on VA Long Term Care
March 1999
Full Committee joint
with Senate Committee
Annual legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
TIME/PLACE:March 2 (Tuesday), 9:30 a.m., **345
Cannon Caucus
VFW Presents Legislative Agenda to House and Senate Veterans'
Affairs Committees
Full Committee joint
with Senate Committee
Annual legislative presentation of Veterans of World War I, Non
Commissioned Officers Association, Paralyzed Veterans of America,
Jewish War Veterans, and Blinded Veterans Association
TIME/PLACE: March 4 (Thursday) 9:30 a.m., **345 Cannon Caucus
House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees hear legislative
presentations of the NCOA, PVA, JWV, and the BVA
Health Subcommittee
Veterans Health Administration capital asset planning
TIME/PLACE: March 10, (Wednesday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
Subcommittee on Health Holds Hearing on VHA Capital Asset Management
Full Committee
Meeting to approve the Committee's views and estimates of the
Administration's FY'00 budget
TIME/PLACE: RESCHEDULED March 11 (Thursday), 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Whistleblowing and retaliation in the Department of Veterans
Affairs
TIME/PLACE: March 11 (Thursday), 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Holds Hearing On
Whistleblowing and Retaliation in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Full Committee joint
with Senate Committee
Annual legislative presentation of the Disabled American
Veterans
Time/Place: March 17 (Wednesday), 10:00 a.m.,**345 Cannon Caucus
Disabled American Veterans Present Legislative Agenda to House and
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees
Full Committee
MARKUP of H.R. 70, the Arlington National Cemetery Burial
Eligibility Act
Time/Place: March 18 (Thursday)
2:30
p.m., -Rescheduled
from 9:30 a.m. 334 Cannon
Full Committee joint
with Senate Committee
Annual legislative presentation of American Ex-Prisoners of War,
AMVETS, Vietnam Veterans of America and The Retired Officers
Association
Time/Place: March 24 (Wednesday) 10:00 a.m., **345 Cannon Caucus
House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Receive Legislative
Presentations of AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of War, Vietnam
Veterans of America, and The Retired Officers Association
Oversight and
Investigations Subcommittee
Hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs management of the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) program
Time/Place: March 25 (Thursday) 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon
News from the Hearing on the Management of the Federal Employees'
Compensation Program
Benefits
Subcommittee
Oversight of the Veterans Benefits Administration
TIME/PLACE:
March 25 (Thursday) 10:00
a.m.,**340 Cannon #Rescheduled from March 10
News from the Oversight Hearing on the
Veterans Benefits Administration
February 1999
Full Committee
Hearing on FY '00 Budget of the Department of Veterans Affairs
TIME/PLACE: Feb. 11 (Thursday) 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon
VA Committee Hears From Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo D. West,
Jr. and Veterans Service Organizations and Military Associations on
the VA Budget for FY 2000
Full Committee
Hearing to receive report of the Commission on Servicemembers
and Veterans Transition Assistance
TIME/PLACE: February 23 (Tuesday) 11:00 a.m. 334 Cannon
Former Senator Bob Dole Testifies on Report of the Commission on
Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance
Health Subcommittee
Hearing on VA Medical Care Budget for FY'00
TIME/PLACE: February 24 (Wednesday) 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
Witnesses Question Credibility of VA Medical Care Budget for FY 2000
at Health Subcommittee Hearing
Benefits Subcommittee
Hearing on the budget for the Department of Labor Veterans'
Employment and Training Services (VETS)
TIME/PLACE: February 24 (Wednesday), 10:00 a.m., 340 Cannon
Benefits Hearing on Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Reveals Inadequate Job Placement for Veterans
Full Committee joint
with Senate Committee
Annual legislative presentation of Military Order of the Purple
Heart, Fleet Reserve Association, The Retired Enlisted Association,
Gold Star Wives of America, Air Force Sergeants Association
TIME/PLACE: February 25 (Thursday), 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Caucus
House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees Receive the
Legislative Presentations of the Military Order of the Purple Heart,
the Fleet Reserve Association, The Retired Enlisted Association, the
Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., and the Air Force Sergeants
Association