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105TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105-291
AUTHORIZING MAJOR MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND MAJOR
MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
OCTOBER 2, 1997.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. STUMP, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2571]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2571) to authorize major medical facility projects and
major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs for fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
INTRODUCTION
On February 13, 1997, the Committee received testimony on the
fiscal year 1998 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) budget, in-
cluding major construction plans. The Honorable Jesse Brown, Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, testified for the VA. Among those accom-
panying him were General Counsel Mary Lou Keener; Mr. Mark
Catlett, Assistant Secretary for Management; and Dr. Thomas
Garthwaite, Deputy Under Secretary for Health.
A second hearing on the FY 1998 Department of Veterans Affairs
budget was conducted on February 27, 1997. Those testifying in-
cluded Mr. David W. Gorman, Executive Director of the Disabled
American Veterans; Mr. Kenneth A. Steadman, Executive Director
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Mr. Michael
E. Naylon, National Executive Director of AMVETS; Mr. John C.
Bollinger, Deputy Executive Director of the Paralyzed Veterans of
America; Mr. John R. Vitikacs, Assistant Director, National Veter-
ans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission of The American Le-
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