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To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to submit certification and a report each year to the Secretaries of Defense and Housing and Urban Development regarding whether housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of the military departments is in compliance with requirements relating to lead-based paint. [HB-2255]
[Defense ]
[Housing ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires certification, to the Department of Defense and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, by the military departments of whether housing for military personnel complies with requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act regarding lead-based paint hazards at federal facilities. Political appointees in military departments that have failed to meet the certification requirements may not receive bonus pay.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Speier
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 04/11/2019
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BEST for Vets Act of 2019 Better Examiner Standards and Transparency for Veterans Act of 2019 [S.1101]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
Provides that only health care providers who are licensed and not barred from practice may furnish medical disability examinations under the Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program related to using contract physicians for disability examinations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 05/22/2019
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To amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to ensure that children covered by the TRICARE program are screened and tested for lead levels, and for other purposes. [HB-2254]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Military ]
[Housing ]
Expands requirements for lead-level testing or screening as part of well-baby care under the TRICARE program of health care for members and dependents. It prescribes testing for the level of lead in the blood at the ages of both 12 and 24 months for children who may be at elevated risk of lead exposure. Test results shall be provided to state health departments (or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the case of children residing abroad). The Government Accountability Office shall study the effectiveness of such screening, testing,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Speier
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/11/2019
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Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019 [S.1118]
[Military ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizes spouses of military servicemembers to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles in certain situations. Specifically, the bill allows the spouse of a servicemember lessee to terminate the leases within one year of the date on which the servicemember incurs a catastrophic injury or illness connected with their military service. The bill also allows the spouse of a servicemember lessee who died in military service to terminate a motor vehicle lease within one year of the death of the servicemember.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 04/10/2019
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To require lead testing in Department of Defense Education Activity schools, and for other purposes. [HB-2257]
[Defense ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Military ]
[Water ]
Requires the Department of Defense to test for, and mitigate, the presence of lead-based paint and lead in drinking water in schools that are (1) owned or operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity; or (2) providing educational programs pursuant to agreements to provide elementary and secondary education to military dependents, domestically or overseas.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Speier
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/11/2019
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Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019 [HB-2221]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Military ]
[Children and Youth ]
Expands eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, commonly referred to as the Fry Scholarship, which entitles specified dependents of an active-duty servicemember who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Specifically, the bill expands eligibility for the Fry Scholarship to the following dependents: a child or surviving spouse of a servicemember who dies on or after September 11, 2001, serving in a line of duty other than active duty, and a child
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 05/01/2019
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Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Act [HB-2224]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Poverty ]
Directs the Department of Labor to give homeless veterans with dependent children service priority under homeless veterans reintegration programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Subcommittee On Health Discharged. on 03/12/2020
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BREAK PAY for Veterans Act Break Relief for Every Academic Kind of Period in an Academic Year for Veterans Act [HB-2230]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue paying educational assistance or subsistence allowances during periods between school terms in certain circumstances. Specifically, the bill authorizes the payment of educational assistance or subsistence allowances during periods between school terms where the educational institution certifies the enrollment of the eligible veteran or eligible person if (1) the period between those terms does not exceed eight weeks, and (2) the terms preceding and immediately following such a break period
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Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony G. Brown
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 04/29/2019
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Montgomery GI Bill Parity Act of 2019 [S.1136]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Military ]
Authorizes the use of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve or the Ready Reserve, at the member's election, for payment of tuition under the Department of Defense program of tuition assistance for voluntary off-duty training or education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 04/10/2019
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Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019 [HB-2227]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Revises the authority of certain family members of a servicemember who dies or becomes catastrophically ill or injured while in military service to terminate a property lease or motor vehicle lease executed by the servicemember. Specifically, the bill allows a dependent of such a servicemember to terminate such a lease during the one-year period following the servicemember's death. Under current law, only the servicemember's spouse may do so. Current law also allows the spouse of such a servicemember to terminate such a lease during the one-year
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Sponsored by: Rep. Julia Brownley
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/27/2020
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World War I Valor Medals Review Act [HB-2249]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Requires review of the service records of certain decorated World War I veterans to determine whether they should be awarded the Medal of Honor for valor during that war. Specifically, the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Navy shall review the records of any African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Jewish American, or Native American war veteran who was recommended for review by a veterans service organization and who, for action that occurred between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918 was awarded the Distinguished Service
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/11/2019
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To modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes. [HB-2201]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, if it creates a presumption of service-connection between the occurrence of a disease and exposure to an herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era at a military base in Thailand, such presumption must also apply to exposure at any military base in Thailand, regardless of where on the base the veteran was located or what military job specialty the veteran performed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 04/29/2019
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To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide to the congressional intelligence committees briefings regarding counterintelligence activities of the Bureau, and for other purposes. [HB-2286]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Elections ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide quarterly briefings to Congress about the FBI's counterintelligence activities. The FBI shall promptly notify Congress of any counterintelligence investigation regarding a candidate seeking nomination or election for federal office or any campaign or individual related to such a candidate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elise Stefanik
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 05/20/2019
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Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2019 [HB-2223]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Healthcare ]
Permanently extends the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs and services: homeless veterans reintegration programs, referral and counseling services for veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions (including penal institutions), financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing, a grant program for homeless veterans with special needs, treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, housing assistance for homeless
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/02/2019
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Integrity in Testing for Lead in Military Housing Act of 2019 [HB-2252]
[Defense ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
Requires the Department of Defense to establish a policy under which a certified lead-based paint inspector or risk assessor may access a military installation in order to conduct lead testing. The bill requires the imposition of penalties upon military personnel for failure to provide testing results to relevant government agencies (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the case of an installation located outside the United States) or obstruction of the testing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Speier
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 04/11/2019
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To prohibit the Secretary concerned from discouraging the inspection of military housing for lead-based paint or other sources of lead, and for other purposes. [HB-2253]
[Defense ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Prohibits the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (regarding the Coast Guard) from discouraging the inspection of military-owned, government-controlled, and privately leased family housing for lead-based paint or sources of lead. Testing may be authorized when it is not otherwise required by law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Speier
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 04/11/2019
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Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2019 [HB-2274]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a veterans conservation corps to assist unemployed veterans in the transition from military service to civilian life. Specifically, the VA and other specified federal agencies must employ such veterans (1) in conservation, resource management, firefighting, law enforcement, and historic preservation projects on public lands; (2) in maintenance and improvement projects for the National Cemetery Administration; and (3) as firefighters, law enforcement officers, and disaster relief personnel.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Ruiz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 05/20/2019
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PFAS Registry Act of 2019 [HB-2195]
[Veterans ]
[Environmental ]
[Defense ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
[Water ]
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a registry for current or past members of the Armed Forces who may have been exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances due to the environmental release of aqueous film-forming foam at a military installation or other Department of Defense location.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/29/2019
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PFAS Registry Act of 2019 [S.1105]
[Veterans ]
[Environmental ]
[Defense ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
[Water ]
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a registry for current or past members of the Armed Forces who may have been exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances due to the environmental release of aqueous film-forming foam at a military installation or other Department of Defense location.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 04/10/2019
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Keeping Our Promises Act [HB-2200]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that certain diseases are covered by the presumption of service connection relating to the exposure to herbicides by certain veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 04/29/2019