Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and independent agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2000 : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session on H.R. 2684/S. 1596, an act making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.