CIS NO: 92-H761-9
 TITLE: Concerns and Opinions of Vietnam Era Veterans.
 SOURCE: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iv+167 p.
 DATE: May 8, 1991
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 102-1             SUDOC: Y4.V64/3:102-12
 ITEM NO: 1027-A; 1027-B
 MC ENTRY NO: 92-12750

 Committee Serial No. 102-12. Hearing before the Subcom on Oversight and
 Investigations to examine Vietnam-era veterans' problems and related
 assistance programs.
   Supplementary material (p. 51-167) includes submitted statements and
 witnesses' written statements.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs
 DESCRIPTORS: SUBCOM ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS, VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
     HOUSE; VIETNAM WAR; VETERANS BENEFITS AND PENSIONS; VETERANS

 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 1          May 8, 1991 p. 2-6, 52-68
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BEARD, PATRICK (State Representative, Minnesota)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Review of problems and issues affecting
     Vietnam-era veterans (related resolutions, p. 62-67).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs

 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 2          May 8, 1991 p. 6-13, 69-101
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KLING, KITT R. (Co-President, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of
        America)
     ABUEG, FRANCIS R. (Associate Research Director, Clinical Laboratory
        and Education Division, Palo Alto VA Medical Center)
     ARMSTEAD, RON E. (Member, Executive Committee, National Black Veterans
        Braintrust)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Problems of minority group Vietnam-era
     veterans, focusing on black Americans; findings and recommendations of
     National Black Veterans Braintrust report on problems and issues
     affecting black veterans.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs
 DESCRIPTORS: MINORITY GROUPS; BLACK AMERICANS; GAY, LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL
     VETERANS OF AMERICA; NATIONAL BLACK VETERANS BRAINTRUST

 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 3          May 8, 1991 p. 14-22
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MUNGIN-CLARK, MARSENA E. (former veterans counselor)
     HENDRICKSON, SUSAN (nurse; representing National Association of Women
        Veterans)
     NEIDEL-GREENLEE, ROSEMARY L. (Vice President)
     MONAHAN, EVELYN M. (President)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Problems of and issues affecting women
     Vietnam-era veterans.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs
 DESCRIPTORS: WOMEN; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN VETERANS

 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 4          May 8, 1991 p. 23-29, 107-119
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BRADY, MARY E. (Dr.) (representing New England Consortium for Services
        to Vietnam Veterans and Their Families)
     SUTTON, PAUL L. (Division of Veterans' Loans, Grants, and Services,
        New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; also
        representing New Jersey Agent Orange Commission)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review of represented programs for Vietnam-era
     veterans, focusing on aid to children with birth defects associated with
     wartime exposure of their fathers to the herbicide Agent Orange.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs
 DESCRIPTORS: VETERANS HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; BIRTH DEFECTS;
     AGENT ORANGE; NEW ENGLAND CONSORTIUM FOR SERVICES TO VIETNAM VETERANS
     AND THEIR FAMILIES; NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS
     AFFAIRS; NEW JERSEY AGENT ORANGE COMMISSION

 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 5          May 8, 1991 p. 30-37, 120-145
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WASHINGTON, JERRY (Executive Director, Base Camp, Inc., Nashville,
        Tenn)
     BOWMAN, JERRY (Vice President, Western New York Veterans' Housing
        Coalition; on behalf of)
     RYAN, JOSEPH E. (President)
     COOPER, RALPH (Executive Director, Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse)
     QUIGLEY, PATRICK W. (Executive Director, Buffalo and Erie County
        Private Industry Council)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Activities and funding needs of programs to aid
     homeless Vietnam-era veterans; overview of Job Training Partnership Act
     (JTPA) employment and job training programs available to Vietnam-era
     veterans; need and recommendations for increased Federal funding for
     JTPA programs.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs
 DESCRIPTORS: HOMELESSNESS; VETERANS EMPLOYMENT; MANPOWER TRAINING
     PROGRAMS; JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT; VETERANS BENEFITS
     CLEARINGHOUSE

 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 6          May 8, 1991 p. 38-42, 146-156
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     EECKHOUDT, JOHN (Agent Orange Counselor, Vietnam Veterans Leadership
        Program of Arkansas)
     PYE, DAVID F. (Executive Director, North Shore Veterans Counseling
        Services)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review of community- and State-based programs
     to address problems of Vietnam-era veterans.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs
 DESCRIPTORS: VIETNAM VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF ARKANSAS

 92-H761-9 TESTIMONY NO: 7          May 8, 1991 p. 43-49, 157-163
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     RICHARDSON, EDWIN STRONG LEGS (Psychologist, Abenaki Confederacy)
     LECLAIRE, THOMAS L. (attorney)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Description of special needs of Indian
     veterans.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Vietnam-era veterans problems and assistance programs
 DESCRIPTORS: INDIANS