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VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2019 [HB-712]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a clinical trial of the effects of medical-grade cannabis on the health outcomes of covered veterans diagnosed with chronic pain, and also those diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Covered veterans are those who are enrolled in the VA patient enrollment system for hospital care and medical services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 03/12/2020
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12 Carrier Act [HB-700]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
12 Carrier Act requires the U.S. Navy to have no less than 12 operational aircraft carriers as part of its naval combat forces. Presently, the Navy must have 11 such carriers.
Sponsored by: Rep. K. Michael Conaway
Referred To The Subcommittee On Seapower And Projection Forces. on 01/24/2019
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Department of Veterans Affairs Oversight Enhancement Act of 2019 [HB-698]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report biennially on corrective measures taken to address concerns identified on the high risk list published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The high risk list is a list of programs that are vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement or that need transformation. The VA is also required to report annually on the implementation of recommendations from the GAO.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows
Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations. on 02/08/2019
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. [HB-697]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay costs related to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans' cemeteries owned by a state or tribal organization.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Banks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/08/2019
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PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans Act of 2019 [HB-688]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Military ]
Directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans, with all proceeds benefitting the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M. Rice
Introduced In House on 01/17/2019
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To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bend, Oregon, as the "Robert Maxwell VA Clinic". [HB-685]
[Veterans ]
Designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bend, Oregon, as the "Robert Maxwell VA Clinic."
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Walden
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/08/2019
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Burn Pits Accountability Act [HB-663]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
Burn Pits Accountability Act requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the military departments to evaluate whether each member of the Armed Forces has been (1) based or stationed where an open air burn pit was used to dispose of waste, or (2) exposed to toxic airborne chemicals. Members located where an open burn pit was used or exposed to toxic airborne chemicals must be enrolled in the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, unless the member elects not to enroll. The evaluations must be included in periodic health assessments, physical
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/08/2019
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Lawrence J. Hackett Jr. Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Fairness Act [HB-637]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a task force to make recommendations about the care and compensation that should be provided to veterans who have been exposed to Agent Orange, their spouses, and multiple generations of their offspring.
Sponsored by: Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/08/2019
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WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act [HB-628]
[Veterans ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide veterans with the option to grant read-only access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to covered congressional employees. The covered congressional employees must be employed in the office of the Member of Congress who represents the district where the veteran resides. Under the bill, a covered congressional employee is (1) a permanent, full-time employee of a Member of Congress who is responsible for assisting constituents with federal agencies and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 10/22/2019
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Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act [HB-620]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Retirement ]
Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act revises the calculation of age of eligibility for retired pay for members of the Ready Reserve so that days of active duty or active service after October 7, 2001, (the start of combat operations in Afghanistan) reduce a member's age of eligibility. Currently, active duty or active service days after January 28, 2008, reduce a member's age of eligibility. The bill is retroactive to October 7, 2001.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jose E. Serrano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 01/24/2019
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TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act [HB-613]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Expands TRICARE Reserve Select eligibility to include members of the Selected Reserve who are enrolled or eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 01/24/2019
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Fulfilling Obligations to Families of the Fallen Act [HB-610]
[Insurance ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requires a notarized acknowledgement from a service member and the service member's spouse before certain elections or designations can go into effect under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Program. Specifically, such an acknowledgement is required if a service member declines life insurance, elects less coverage than the maximum amount provided, or the service member chooses a beneficiary other than the spouse or child or the member.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walter B. Jones
Introduced In House on 01/16/2019
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Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2019 [HB-592]
[Veterans ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a beneficiary (or beneficiary's successor fiduciary) the amount of the misused benefit when any fiduciary has misused all or part of an individual's benefit. Specifically, the bill requires this payment in any case not involving negligent failure by the VA to investigate or monitor a fiduciary but where a fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual's benefit. The bill removes the stipulation that the fiduciary (1) not be an individual, or (2) serve at least 10 beneficiaries for the VA to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 10/22/2019
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To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes. [HB-578]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the city of Vallejo, California, to enter into an agreement to transfer Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, to the VA to be maintained as a national shrine.
Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/08/2019
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Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act [HB-566]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
Expands eligibility for a presumption of service-connection for veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents (e.g., Agent Orange) during military service in Vietnam. Specifically, the bill removes the manifestation period required for the presumption of service-connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda. Additionally, the bill provides statutory authority for a presumption of service-connection for certain cases of acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy without a manifestation period. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/01/2019
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DD–214 Modernization Act [HB-563]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Defense ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Directs the Department of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a block in which a member of the Armed Forces may provide an email address by which the member may be contacted after discharge or release from active duty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 01/24/2019
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Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2019 [HB-561]
[Veterans ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Applies certain small business subcontracting limitations to contracts that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awards to a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran or a veteran with a service-connected disability. The VA may award such a contract only after obtaining a certification from the offeror that it will comply with such subcontracting limitations if awarded the contract. Such certification shall specify the applicable performance requirements and explicitly acknowledge that the certification is subject to criminal penalties
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Became Public Law No: 116-183. (txt | Pdf) on 10/30/2020
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Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act [HB-553]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Pensions ]
[Social Security ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Updates the Department of Defense's Survivor Benefit Plan and how it operates in relation to other benefits. The plan currently provides a monthly annuity (based on a percentage of a service member's retirement pay) to an eligible beneficiary upon the death of the service member. Currently, if a surviving spouse is also entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation, the annuity paid under the plan will be reduced. The bill repeals certain provisions that require the offset of the plan annuity from amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Assigned To The Consensus Calendar, Calendar No. 1. on 07/12/2019
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Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 [HB-550]
[Defense ]
[International ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Veterans ]
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for any use of military force in or against Iran unless Congress has either declared war or enacted specific statutory authorization for such use. An exception is made for a presidential exercise of power to introduce Armed Forces into hostilities (or situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated) when there is a national emergency created by an attack upon the United States. The bill further states that no prior authorizations of military force may be construed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Pursuant To H.res. 811, Mr. Engel Was Recognized To Move That The House Concur In The Senate Amendment To H.r. 550 With Amendments Specified In Section 4 Of H.res. 811. on 01/30/2020
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Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2019 [HB-547]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Science ]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to adopt and implement a device identification system for use in identifying biological implants intended for use in medical procedures conducted in VA facilities. The VA may adopt the system developed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or may develop its own comparable system. Additionally, the VA shall implement a compatible system for tracking the biological implants from human donor or animal source to implantation. The bill requires the VA to implement compatible inventory controls so
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Sponsored by: Rep. David P. Roe
Introduced In House on 01/15/2019