Veterans' Pensions And Compensation
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ASSURE Act of 2015 Annuity Safety and Security Under Reasonable Enforcement Act of 2015 [HB-3850]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
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[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Veterans ]
ASSURE Act of 2015 Annuity Safety and Security Under Reasonable Enforcement Act of 2015 Amends the Truth in Lending Act to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to issue regulations requiring any payment to a recipient of a federal or military pension (a benefit recipient) that diminishes the benefit recipient's ability to control payments from such pension to be treated as an extension of credit. Requires financial institutions to include the terms of such credit in consumer information disclosures. Prohibits the annual percentage
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 11/23/2015
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Seniors Deserve A Raise Act [HB-3761]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
[Military ]
[Retirement ]
[Inflation ]
Seniors Deserve A Raise Act This bill requires cost-of-living increases in any benefit under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act as well as military retirement and survivor benefits by any increase in the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly. In addition to any such increase, each such benefit shall be further increased by 2.9% on January 1, 2016, and shall remain in effect every year thereafter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 11/23/2015
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Lawrence J. Hackett Jr. Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Fairness Act [HB-3547]
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[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Human Services ]
Lawrence J. Hackett Jr. Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Fairness Act Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a task force to assess and 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. Requires the task force to make recommendations: to establish the Agent Orange Illness Compensation Program to provide an exposed veteran or eligible survivor a lump sum payment for the veteran's injury, illness,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 09/25/2015
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Veteran Disability Rating Parity Act [HB-3499]
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[Disabilities ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
Veteran Disability Rating Parity Act This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to treat service-connected disability rated and certified as total by the Department of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of the OASDI (including child's, widow's, and widower's benefits) and SSI programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. David W. Jolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 09/16/2015
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes. [HB-3491]
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[Pensions ]
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes. This bill increases the special monthly pension for living Medal of Honor recipients. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall not make an annual pension increase for such recipients, effective December 1, 2016, if the increased monthly pension under this Act takes effect before such date. If the VA does not make the December 1, 2016 increase, however, annual increases shall resume as of December 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Cramer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 09/25/2015
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Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2015 [HB-3406]
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[Overdose Prevention ]
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Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2015 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: revise and reauthorize grant programs for offender reentry demonstration projects; family-based substance abuse treatment; and evaluating and improving educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; and repeal grant programs for offender reentry courts and drug treatment alternatives to incarceration. Additionally, the legislation amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to: rename, revise, and reauthorize grant programs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 01/12/2016
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SOLDIER Act Statute Of Limitations for DOD Inactive Employee Repossessions Act [HB-3388]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
SOLDIER Act Statute Of Limitations for DOD Inactive Employee Repossessions Act This bill declares that, if the indebtedness of a member of the uniformed services to the United States occurs, through no fault of the member, as a result of the overpayment of pay or allowances or upon the settlement of the member's accounts, the department or agency concerned may not recover the indebtedness from the member, including a retired or former member, using deductions from pay, deductions from retired or separation pay, or any other collection method unless
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Sponsored by: Rep. Doug Collins
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 11/23/2015
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Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2015 [HB-3374]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to reimburse up to $1,000 monthly to a veteran participating in a vocational rehabilitation program for the cost of child care provided by a licensed provider if the veteran: (1) is the child's sole caretaker, and (2) would not otherwise be able to afford such child care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan S. Lowenthal
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 08/06/2015
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CPI-E Act of 2015 [HB-3351]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Veterans ]
[Social Security ]
[Retirement ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Military ]
[Pensions ]
CPI-E Act of 2015 This bill bases cost-of -living increases in benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, old-age, survivors, or disability insurance benefit program, and specified veterans benefits programs on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 11/23/2015
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Access to Veterans Benefits Improvement Act [HB-3335]
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[Public Health ]
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Access to Veterans Benefits Improvement Act Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide veterans' case-tracking information access to employees of a Member of Congress or of a state or local governmental agency assisting veterans with benefit claims. Directs the VA to ensure that such access does not: (1) allow the employee to modify the data in the case-tracking system, and (2) include access to medical records. Requires such employees to complete a certification course on privacy issues before receiving such access.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy J. Walz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 08/06/2015
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Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act [HB-333]
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[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Disabilities ]
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act Amends federal military retired pay provisions to: (1) permit veterans with a service-connected disability of less than 50% to concurrently receive both retired pay and disability compensation; (2) eliminate provisions requiring a phase-in between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2013, of concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation; (3) eliminate a phase-in of concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation for disabled veterans determined to be individually unemployable; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
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Veterans Benefits Network Act [HB-3312]
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[Grants ]
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[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
Veterans Benefits Network Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to make a grant to an eligible entity to establish or expand a regional technology system to provide an active database and enrollment system that can be used by a network of private, public, and non-profit entities to assist veterans and their family members in applying for benefits and services offered by such entities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alma S. Adams
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 08/06/2015
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Baseline Reform Act of 2015 [HB-3186]
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Baseline Reform Act of 2015 This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to change the assumptions used in calculating the baseline for discretionary spending, which is the spending that is provided and controlled by appropriations bills. The baseline is a projection of federal spending and receipts during the fiscal year under current law. It is used by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to estimate the cost of legislation and produce other budget projections. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Louie Gohmert
Introduced In House on 07/23/2015
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Filipino Veterans Promise Act [HB-315]
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Filipino Veterans Promise Act Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a process for determining whether individuals who served in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines or in the Philippine Scouts while in the service of the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II and who are not included in the Missouri List are eligible for certain benefits relating to their U.S. service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert C. Scott
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
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Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015 [HB-3147]
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Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015 This bill amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to prohibit the availability of 20% of the Members' Representational Allowance to a Member's office unless it provides certain free assistance with respect to: passports; individual federal income tax returns; 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status applications; benefits under titles XVIII (Medicare), II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act; student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott H. Peters
Introduced In House on 07/21/2015
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POW Accountability Act [HB-3101]
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[Military ]
POW Accountability Act Requires: (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to review the VA POW list and the Department of Defense POW list to identify any discrepancies in them, and (2) the VA Inspector General to review the process by which the VA determines that a veteran is a former prisoner of war. Requires the VA to report to Congress on the VA POW list, including information on such discrepancies and the results of the Inspector General's review.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Stivers
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 08/05/2015
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Retired Pay Restoration Act [HB-303]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Disabilities ]
Retired Pay Restoration Act Expresses the sense of Congress that military retired pay should not be reduced because a military retiree is also eligible for veterans' disability compensation awarded for a service-connected disability. Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Repeals provisions phasing in the full concurrent receipt of such pay through December 31, 2013. Makes eligible for the full
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
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Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act [HB-2975]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act This bill states that, in any case not involving negligent failure by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to investigate or monitor a fiduciary that results in fiduciary misuse of benefits, but in which any fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual's benefit paid to the fiduciary, the VA shall pay to the beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary an amount equal to the amount of the misused benefit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julia Brownley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 07/17/2015
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Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act [HB-2935]
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[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend through 2018 Department of Veterans Affairs authority for the performance of medical disability evaluations by contract physicians.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 07/10/2015
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Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-2766]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2015 Deems certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts as active military service for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in determining eligibility under this Act, to take into account any relevant service documentation, including documentation other than the Missouri List (the list of all discharged and deceased veterans from the 20th
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 06/30/2015