Senatorial Papers of John H. Chafee, Washington Office: Federal Employee Issues, Federal Office Agency, Veteran’s Affairs

Series: Federal Employee Issues
Dates: 1984-1995
Extent: 4 box(es) (2 linear feet)
Types of Materials: correspondence
legislation
memoranda
notes
press releases
reports
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains records regarding government employee benefits, employee programs, postal service issues, and federal regulatory reform. The records consist of memoranda, speeches, press releases, reports, notes, and bills.
Subjects include:
Combined Federal Campaign (1984), regarding regulations proposed by the Office of Personnel Management to give the United Way full management responsibilities for all contributions and proceeds. The Combined Federal Campaign was used by the International Service Agencies, National Health Agencies, and the United Way to procure charitable contributions from federal employees.
Federal Regulatory Reform (1995), regarding legislative efforts to reduce the burden of federal regulations on individuals, businesses, and state and local governments. Topics include proposals for a moratorium on federal regulatory rules. The records include letters and reports from groups opposing the moratorium. (see also, Regulatory Moratorium Issue, folder 28)
Hatch Act Reform Amendments (1988-1993), regarding proposals to amend the 1939 bill which restricted the participation of federal employees in partisan politics.
Postal Issues (1983-1991, 1994), consisting of letters from postmasters, constituents, and postal service organizations regarding post office construction projects, post office expansion plans, postal worker wage contracts, postal rates, commemorative stamps, and post office closings.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 Combined Federal Campaign 1984
2 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 1988-1994
3 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 1991-1992
4 Federal Employees Pay Raise 1988
5 Federal Protective Officers 1985-1990
6 Federal Regulatory Reform 1995
7 Federal Regulatory Reform: Risk Assessment Cost Benefit 1995
8 Federal Unemployment Tax Return 1987
9 Federal Worker Buyout Bill 1993-1994
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 10 Firefighters 1991
11 Firefighters Pay Fairness Act 1995
12 Flextime Extension Act S. 600 1985
13 Government Employees 1988-1989
14 Harry Kizirian Bill 1995
15 Hatch Act Reform: Amendments 1988-1990
16 Hatch Act Reform: Amendments 1993
17 Pay Schedule Civil Service 1981
18 Pensions 1991
19 Postal Issues 1983-1991
20 Postal Issues 1994
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 21 Postal Service 1989-1991
22 Postal Service 1988-1989
23 Postal Service 1995
24 Postal Service Off-Budget 1988-1989
25 Postal Workers 1987-1994
26 Pryor and Helms’ Bills on U.S. Postal Service 1987
27 Railroad Retirement 1990
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 28 Regulatory Moratorium Issue 1995
29 Reinventing the Government: Gore Report 1993
30 Revenue Foregone: Postal Subsidy for Non-Profit Organizations 1985-1986
31 Rhode Island Group Health Association 1989
32 Senate Record Vote Analysis 1988-1994
33 Social Security Number 1985
34 Sorrento Post Office 1995
35 Whistleblower Protection Act 1989

Series: Federal Office Agency
Dates: 1976-1978
Extent: 6 box(es) (3 linear feet)
Types of Materials: correspondence
memoranda
reports
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains records related to issues concerning federal departments, federal agencies, and the armed services. The records consist of correspondence, speeches, memoranda, petitions, reports, and studies. The correspondence includes letters to and from department officials, agency chairs, and military commanders.
The series also contains constituent correspondence regarding issues affecting specific towns and cities in Rhode Island. Subjects include health care coverage, education programs, welfare reform, housing assistance, defense contracts, and economic development.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 Action Vista Newport 1976-1977
2 Army 1977-1978
3 Army Corps of Engineers 1977
4 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 1977
5 Charlestown Beach Preservation Association 1977
6 Civil Aeronautics Board 1977
7 Community Services Administration 1977-1978
8 Defense Civil Preparedness Agency 1977
9 Department of Agriculture 1976-1978
10 Department of Commerce 1977
11 Department of Defense 1977-1978
12 Department of Labor 1977-1978
13 Department of Transportation 1977-1978
14 Domestic and International Business Administration 1977
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 15 Economic Development Administration 1976-1978
16 Economic Development Administration 1976-1978
17 Federal Communications Commission 1977
18 General Services Administration 1977-1978
19 Health, Education, and Welfare 1977-1978
20 Health, Education, and Welfare 1977-1978
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 21 Health, Education, and Welfare 1977-1978
22 Health, Education, and Welfare 1977-1978
23 Hearing on 200 Mile Limit 1977
24 Housing and Urban Development 1977-1978
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 25 Housing and Urban Development 1977-1978
26 Housing and Urban Development 1977-1978
27 Housing and Urban Development 1977-1978
28 Interior Department 1977-1978
29 Internal Revenue Service 1977
30 Justice Department 1977-1978
31 Minority Business Association 1977
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
5 32 National Endowment for the Arts 1977-1978
33 National Endowment for Humanities 1977
34 National Institute of Health 1977
35 National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse 1977-1978
36 National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse 1977-1978
37 National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration 1977-1978
38 National Science Foundation 1977-1978
39 New England Regional Commission 1977
40 Northeast Corridor Improvement Program 1977
41 Office of Management and Budget 1978
42 Offshore Oil Drilling 1977
43 Senate Committee on Printing 1977-1978
44 Small Business Administration 1977
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
6 45 State Projects 1976-1977
46 Treasury 1978
47 U.S. Air Force 1977-1978
48 U.S. Coast Guard 1978
49 U.S. Marine Corps 1977
50 U.S. Postal Service 1977

Series: Veteran’s Affairs
Dates: 1967-1989
Extent: 7 box(es) (3.5 linear feet)
Types of Materials: correspondence
legislation
memoranda
press releases
reports
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains records related to issues and legislation pertaining to veteran’s health benefits, federal loan programs, Department of Veteran’s Affairs, and Veteran’s Administration budget appropriations. The records consist of memoranda, speeches, press releases, bills, reports, correspondence, and congressional statements.
Subjects include:
Agent Orange (1988-1989), regarding efforts by Vietnam Veterans organizations to procure compensation benefits for those veterans suffering from the effects of exposure to defoliant chemical agents used during the war in Vietnam. The records include testimonies before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, reports from the Agent Orange New Jersey Commission, and the Agent Orange Veteran Payment Program Manual. The records also include the Agent Orange Compensation Bill enacted to prevent disabled Vietnam veterans from losing federal public assistance benefits if they are recipients of Agent Orange settlement payments.
Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) (1980-1988), regarding efforts to resolve POW/MIA cases involving the United States, Vietnam and Laos. The records include Whitehouse correspondence, joint report from the Departments of State and Defense, and hearing testimonies from government officials.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 Agent Orange 1967, 1985, 1988
2 Agent Orange 1988
3 Agent Orange: Compensation Bill 1989
4 Agent Orange: New Jersey Commission 1988
5 Agent Orange: Veteran Payment Program Nov 28, 1988
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 6 Agent Orange: Vietnam Service Disabilities Act 1988
7 Agent Orange: Working Group 1988
8 Beneficiary Travel Benefits 1987
9 Benefits 1985
10 Benefits 1987
11 Benefits Eligibility 1986
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 12 Bills and Amendments 1987
13 Budget 1989
14 Casework 1985-1986
15 Cemetery 1988, 1990
16 Cemetery Amendment 1987-1988
17 Construction in Rhode Island 1987
18 Davis Park Medical Center 1987-1989
19 Department of Veteran Affairs 1987-1988
20 Drugs 1986-1987
21 Education Assistance 1986-1988
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 22 Follow Up: Veterans Administration Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials 1987
23 Funding Statistics 1986
24 Gaudreau Proposal 1987
25 Government Issue Bill 1987
26 Grants for Maintenance of State Veterans Cemeteries 1987
27 Health Care 1986
28 Home Loans 1987
29 Hospital/Medical 1984-1985
30 Judicial Review 1988
31 Legislation Modifications 1985
32 Merchant Marine of World War II 1988
33 National Association of State Veterans Homes 1987-1988
34 Nurses 1988
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
5 35 Nursing Home Care Unit Project 1980-1984
36 National Prisoner of War Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day 1987
37 Omnibus Health Bill S.9-S.2011 1987-1988
38 Outreach 1986
39 Pawtucket Veterans Center 1987-1988
40 Pending Floor Action 1985-1986
41 Press Releases 1980-1982
42 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) 1985-1988
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
6 43 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Issues 1980-1988
44 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) James M. Ray 1986
45 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day Proclamation 1988
46 Providence Medical Center 1990
47 Providence Nursing Home 1984-1985
48 Releases 1986
49 Repeal of $10 Limitation Fee 1987
50 Speeches 1988
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
7 51 Sponsorship/Co Sponsorship 1985-1986
52 Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care 1987
53 Veterans Forum 1987
54 Veterans Overview 1985-1986
55 Volunteerism 1981-1982
56 Welfare 1987
57 Yugoslavia/ Human Rights 1989