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COVER Act Creating Options for Veterans Expedited Recovery Act [HB-271]
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COVER Act Creating Options for Veterans Expedited Recovery Act Establishes the Veterans Expedited Recovery Commission to examine the evidence-based therapy treatment model used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for treating mental health conditions of veterans and the potential benefits of incorporating complementary alternative treatments available in non-VA facilities and study the potential increase in claims relating to mental health issues submitted by veterans who served in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 05/15/2015
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Veterans' Survivors Claims Processing Automation Act of 2015 [HB-2691]
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Veterans' Survivors Claims Processing Automation Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay burial and funeral expenses, accrued benefits, dependency and indemnity compensation, and non-service connected disability or death pension amounts to a survivor of a veteran who has not filed a formal claim if the VA determines that the record contains sufficient evidence to establish the survivor's entitlement to such benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew A. Cartwright
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/09/2015
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Fort McClellan Health Registry Act [HB-2622]
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Fort McClellan Health Registry Act Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a special record to be known as the Fort McClellan Health Registry containing the name of each individual who, while serving in the Armed Forces, was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, during the period beginning on January 1, 1935, and ending on May 20, 1999, and who: (1) applies for care or services from the VA; (2) files a claim for compensation on the basis of any disability which may be associated with such service; (3) dies and is
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/05/2015
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Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act of 2015 [HB-2605]
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Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act of 2015 States that, when in the opinion of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) a temporary fiduciary is needed to protect the benefits of a VA beneficiary while a determination of incompetency is being made or appealed or a fiduciary is appealing a determination of misuse, the VA may appoint one or more temporary fiduciaries for up to 120 days. Directs the VA to provide a written statement to a beneficiary determined by the VA to be mentally incompetent for purposes of appointing a fiduciary. Allows the beneficiary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Johnson
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/09/2015
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2577]
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Sec. 3) Specifies that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Specifies that the sums in this bill are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for FY2017. (Sec. 5) Specifies that each amount in this bill designated by Congress as an emergency requirement is contingent on the President also designating all of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
Conference Report Considered In Senate. (consideration: Cr S5229-5240) on 09/06/2016
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Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-2539]
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Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2015 This bill increases monthly rates for veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Benefits under any other law (other than duplication of benefits) shall not be reduced or offset because the surviving spouse is eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation. Six months after enactment of this Act, the VA shall pay to an individual who is eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation predicated on the death
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Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Norcross
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 06/05/2015
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Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2015 [HB-2504]
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Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2015 Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), VIII (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to prohibit from receiving benefits under those titles any individual who is the subject of: (1) an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony, or (2) an outstanding arrest warrant for violating a condition of prohibition or parole imposed under federal or state law. Directs the Social Security Administration (SSA) to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Cramer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 06/03/2015
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Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act [HB-250]
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Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act This bill provides a permanent appropriation for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits to survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services during a period of lapsed appropriations. The bill provides the appropriations at the rate and under the conditions provided for the most recent fiscal year for which an Act making appropriations for the uniformed services has been enacted. The appropriations are provided during a period of lapsed appropriations, in which appropriations are unavailable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Introduced In House on 01/09/2015
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Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2015 [HB-2493]
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Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2015 Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Companion Corps program for the awarding of grants to assist nonprofit organizations in establishing, planning, designing, and/or operating programs to provide assistance dogs to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have certain disabilities. Defines "assistance dog" to mean a dog specifically trained to perform physical tasks to mitigate the effects of such a disability, except that such term does not
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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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To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify certain existing provisions of law relating to effective dates for claims under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. [HB-245]
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify certain existing provisions of law relating to effective dates for claims under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Describes an "informal claim" for a veterans' benefit as a communication in writing requesting a determination of entitlement or evidencing a belief in entitlement to such benefit that is submitted by a claimant, or an authorized party on the claimant's behalf, in a format other than on an application form submitted by the Secretary of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ralph Lee Abraham
Committee Hearings Held. on 01/27/2015
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Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act [HB-2387]
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Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to declare that any allotment application pending before the Department of the Interior on December 18, 1971, that was closed by the Department pursuant to the civil action Shields v. United States shall be reopened and considered to be approved. Revises requirements for the eligibility of Alaska Native Vietnam veterans for an allotment. Extends eligibility for allotments to veterans who served between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975. Allows eligible
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-832. on 11/22/2016
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Prioritizing Urgent Claims for Veterans Act [HB-2286]
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Prioritizing Urgent Claims for Veterans Act Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in processing veterans claims for compensation, to provide priority over other claimants to: (1) veterans who have attained age 70, (2) veterans who are terminally ill, and (3) veterans who have life-threatening illnesses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Cook
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/26/2015
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total. [HB-2264]
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total. Directs the Department of Defense to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total on the same basis as such transportation is provided to members of the Armed Forces entitled
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 08/13/2015
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United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act [HB-2248]
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United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act This bill deems as active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes any service as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service). The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose qualified service warrants one. Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
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Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act [HB-2214]
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Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend until December 31, 2017, the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide for persons other than VA employees (i.e., contract physicians) to conduct medical disability examinations of applicants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Permits licensed, VA-contracted physicians to conduct such examinations at any location in any state, the District of Columbia, or a Commonwealth, territory,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/09/2015
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Veteran's Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act of 2015 [HB-2139]
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Veteran's Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to post notices of average times for the processing of compensation claims, as well as the percentage of claims approved, in a conspicuous place in each VA regional office and claims intake facility and on the VA website. Requires the Secretary to notify each person submitting a claim of the above information, as well as the person's eligibility to receive up to an extra year of benefit payments upon filing a claim that is fully developed. Requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/26/2015
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Military Reserve Survivor Benefit Equity Act [HB-2053]
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Military Reserve Survivor Benefit Equity Act Makes the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity for survivors of members of the reserves who die from an injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during inactive-duty training the same as the annuity for survivors of members of the regular Armed Forces who die in the line of duty while on active duty. Prescribes the same increase with respect to the payment of an SBP annuity to a dependent child or children when there is no eligible surviving spouse. Declares that, for any death that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Coffman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2029]
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Sec. 3) Provides that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Provides that the explanatory statement printed in the Congressional Record regarding this bill has the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. (Sec. 5) Provides that the sums in this bill are appropriated for FY2016. (Sec. 6) Provides that amounts designated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles W. Dent
Considered As Unfinished Business (consideration: Cr H10696) on 12/18/2015
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits. [HB-1911]
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits. Increases the amounts payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans, and (2) such expenses in connection with a veteran's death due to a service-connected disability. Directs VA, with respect to any fiscal year, to provide percentage increases for burial and funeral expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/01/2015
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Filipino Veterans Recognition Act [HB-1875]
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Filipino Veterans Recognition Act This bill amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make a payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to an eligible person who, during the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this paragraph, submits to the Secretary: a benefits claim; or with respect to a person who filed a benefits claim during such one-year period, a new claim or an appeal to such previously filed claim. In determining an individual's eligibility
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/01/2015