Armed Forces And National Security
US Congress 116th Congress
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space, and for other purposes. [HB-4720]
[Defense ]
[Aerospace ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
Establishes the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space.
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Military Aviation Training Safeguard Act [HB-4731]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
Allows military aircraft operating outside of designated Department of Defense airspace while flying in wilderness areas in mountainous regions to deviate from service level requirements if necessary to maintain safety of flight.
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Pharmaceutical Independence Long-Term Readiness Reform Act [HB-4710]
[Defense ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[National Security ]
To direct the Secretary of Defense to include in each national defense strategy steps to strengthen the United States industrial base and to assure an uninterrupted supply of medicines, and for other purposes.
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Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Advisory Committee Act [HB-4693]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish the Electronic Health Record Advisory Committee to provide guidance regarding the implementation of and transition to an electronic health record system.
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Student Veteran Protection Act [HB-4654]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Student Loans ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of certain overpayments made by educational institutions to persons entitled to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act [HB-3746]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
To provide that service of the members of the organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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Protect the GI Bill Act [HB-4625]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Imposes requirements and restrictions on educational institutions participating in the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bill limits participation in VA educational assistance programs if an educational institution (1) does not perform specified actions, such as providing cost information to individuals prior to enrollment; (2) implements fraudulent recruiting techniques or pays inducements to secure enrollments; or (3) is the subject of a negative action by its accrediting agency. The state approving
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VA Reporting Transparency Act [HB-4613]
[Veterans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a website that allows the public to obtain electronic copies of all legislatively requested reports required to be submitted after the date of the enactment of this bill. Information, records, and reports that are exempt from public disclosure are not required to be included on the website. If Congress exempts a report from publication, the VA must publish on the website the title of the report and notice that Congress exempted the report from publication. The VA must submit
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To make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to medical care. [HB-4589]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Permanently extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to health care facilities.
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Modernizing VA’s Records Management Program Act [HB-4588]
[Veterans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizes the treatment of digitized records (e.g., photographs or files) as original documents for purposes of claims under laws of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), so long as the digitized versions are made in compliance with document disposal laws. Under the bill, the VA may not be required to produce or retain original physical files or records, including for proceedings occurring at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The bill requires the VA to implement a process to ensure a digitized record pertaining to a claim is (1) of
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Honorably Discharged Transportation Worker Identification Credential Act of 2019 [HB-4552]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[National Security ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a process for issuing provisional transportation security cards to covered veterans for use on a vessel or in a facility to give access to areas designated as secure by DHS. Such provisional transportation security cards are for use beginning on the date a covered veteran applies for a transportation security card and ending on the date on which such card is issued or denied. A covered veteran is an individual who (1) served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and implement a comprehensive anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs. [HB-4554]
[Veterans ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a policy to end harassment and sexual assault, including sexual and gender-based harassment, at its facilities. The VA must also designate points of contact at each VA facility, Veterans Integrated Service Network, and at the Central Office of the VA to receive reports of harassment and sexual assault.
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Veterans’ Right to Breathe Act [HB-4574]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
Provides a presumption of service connection to burn pit-exposed veterans for certain diseases. Under a presumption of service connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. A burn pit-exposed veteran is a veteran who was supporting a contingency operation on or after January 1, 1990, and was stationed at a location where an open burn pit (an area used for burning solid waste in open
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Brian Tally VA Employment Transparency Act [HB-4526]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prescribes the notice the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must provide in the event a person submits a claim for damage, injury, or death on Standard Form 95 (related to tort claims occurring within the scope of an employee's federal employment). Specifically, the VA must provide to the claimant, within 30 days after the claim is submitted, notice of (1) the importance of securing legal counsel, and (2) the employment status of any individual listed on the form. Additionally, if the claim involves a contractor that entered into an agreement
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Veterans Affairs Protection Act of 2019 [HB-4515]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Provides continuing appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) if an appropriations bill for a VA account has not been enacted before a fiscal year begins or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the account is not in effect. The bill provides appropriations at the rate of operations that was provided for the prior fiscal year to continue programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year.
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Air National Guard Air Refueling Wing Center of Excellence Act [HB-4513]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to designate the Illinois Air National Guard 126th Air Refueling Wing at Scott Air Force Base as a Center of Excellence for KC-135R maintenance operations.
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Air National Guard Air Refueling Wing Center of Excellence Act [HB-4513]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to designate the Illinois Air National Guard 126th Air Refueling Wing at Scott Air Force Base as a Center of Excellence for KC-135R maintenance operations.
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Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2019 [HB-4524]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care, and for other purposes.
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Vet HP Act Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow’s Health Professionals Act [S.2569]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow's Health Professionals Act or the VET HP Act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program, located at a minimum of five VA medical centers, to provide a clinical observation experience to students who are enrolled at an institution of higher education that has referred them to the program. The VA shall give priority to students who (1) resided in a health professional shortage area, (2) are first-generation college students, (3) have been referred by minority-serving institutions,
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VA Workplace Integrity Act [HB-4503]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from entering into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor union that offers financial incentives to recruit VA employees.