Later inthereport, currentcodeprovisionsrelevanttosteelshearwallsarepresentedandnewR-Factor and otherdesignparameters are proposedfor steel shear walls.
The Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, sponsored by Representative Bob Stump (R-Ariz.), would introduce, among otherprovisions, a cost-of-living increase for service-connected disability compensation and would expand eligiblity for compensation and survivors' benefits.