Veterans' Pensions And Compensation

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Military Widow's Tax Elimination Act of 2017 [S.339] [Military ] [Veterans ] [Pensions ] [Social Security ]
Military Widow's Tax Elimination Act of 2017 This bill repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to such pay, except for being under 60 years of age. The Department of Defense is prohibited from recouping certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund. The bill requires (current law (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 02/07/2017

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans. [HB-888] [Veterans ] [Social Security ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Human Services ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans. This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat a notification of the death of a veteran rated totally disabled at the time of death as a claim by the veteran's surviving spouse and children for dependency and indemnity compensation benefits. The VA may not require that such spouse and children file a claim for such benefits.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones Committee Hearings Held. on 03/20/2018

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Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act [HB-846] [Military ] [Veterans ] [Pensions ] [Social Security ]
Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act This bill: (1) repeals certain provisions that require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age, (2) prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund, and (3) requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 02/24/2017

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Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [S.283] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Science ]
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands between January 1, 1977, and December 31, 1980, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/02/2017

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Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act [HB-809] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act This bill provides presumptive service connection to herbicide exposure, for purposes of eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health benefits, for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa during the Vietnam War and who show symptoms of medical conditions associated with such exposure.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/06/2017

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran, and for other purposes. [HB-814] [Veterans ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran, and for other purposes. This bill provides for the payment of certain accrued benefits to the estate of a deceased veteran upon the veteran's death.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Zeldin Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/06/2017

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WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act [S.242] [Veterans ] [Funding ]
WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide each veteran who submits a claim for VA benefits with an opportunity to permit a covered congressional employee in the office of the veteran's Member of Congress to have read-only access to all of the veteran's records in the Veterans Benefits Administration databases. A Member may designate up to two such covered congressional employees. A covered congressional employee may not be recognized as an agent (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 01/30/2017

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Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [HB-632] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ]
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands between January 1, 1977, and December 31, 1980, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/03/2017

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VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 [HB-611] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Military ] [Pensions ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Disabilities ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to remove or demote a VA employee based on performance or misconduct. The VA may remove such individual from the civil service or demote the individual through a reduction in grade or annual pay rate. A demoted individual shall not be placed on administrative leave or any other category of paid leave during the appeals period and can receive pay only if he or she reports for duty. The bill: (1) establishes an expedited appeals (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 02/03/2017

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Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017 [S.150] [Veterans ] [Crime ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/17/2017

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VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 [S.152] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Military ] [Pensions ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Disabilities ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to remove or demote a VA employee based on performance or misconduct. The VA may remove such individual from the civil service or demote the individual through a reduction in grade or annual pay rate. A demoted individual shall not be placed on administrative leave or any other category of paid leave during the appeals period and can receive pay only if he or she reports for duty. The bill: (1) establishes an expedited appeals (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 01/17/2017

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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel. [S.116] [Veterans ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Military ]
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel. This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disability rated (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 01/12/2017

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Filipino Veterans Promise Act [S.111] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Human Services ]
Filipino Veterans Promise Act This bill directs the Department 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: Sen. Mazie Hirono Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/15/2017

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Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017 [HB-506] [Veterans ] [Crime ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/15/2018

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WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act [HB-512] [Veterans ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide each veteran who submits a claim for VA benefits with an opportunity to permit a covered congressional employee in the office of the veteran's Member of Congress to have read-only access to all of the veteran's records in the Veterans Benefits Administration databases. A Member may designate up to two such covered congressional employees. A covered congressional employee may not be recognized (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/14/2017

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VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 [S.114] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pensions ] [Social Security ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 TITLE I--APPROPRIATION OF AMOUNTS FOR VETERANS CHOICE PROGRAM (Sec. 101) This bill provides funding for the Veterans Choice Program. TITLE II--PERSONNEL MATTERS (Sec. 201) The annual determination of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) staff shortages shall include shortages for a minimum of five clinical and five nonclinical occupations for each network. (Such determination currently includes the five occupations for which there are the largest Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]-wide shortages.) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Became Public Law No: 115-46. (txt | Pdf) on 08/12/2017

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VA Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 [HB-457] [Veterans ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ]
VA Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits appeals process to permit a claimant to request: a review of the Agency of Original Jurisdiction's decision by a higher-level adjudicator within the agency under which no additional evidence may be submitted; or a Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) review under which no BVA hearing is requested and no additional evidence may be submitted or under which a BVA hearing is requested and the appellant requests an opportunity to submit additional evidence (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 02/03/2017

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Retired Pay Restoration Act [S.66] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Disabilities ]
Retired Pay Restoration Act This bill allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, such a disability must be rated as not less than 50% disabling). The bill makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 01/09/2017

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Arla Harrell Act [S.75] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Healthcare ] [Science ] [Public Health ]
Arla Harrell Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reconsider and make a new determination regarding each claim for disability compensation in connection with exposure to mustard gas or lewisite during active military, naval, or air service during World War II that was denied before this bill's enactment. The VA or the Department of Defense (DOD): (1) shall presume that a veteran experienced full-body exposure to mustard gas or lewisite unless proven otherwise; and (2) may not use information contained in the DOD and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/15/2017

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Retired Pay Restoration Act [HB-303] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Pensions ]
Retired Pay Restoration Act This bill: (1) allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (currently, only for a disability rated at 50% or more), and (2) repeals provisions phasing in the full concurrent receipt of such pay through December 31, 2013. Individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability shall be eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 02/21/2017

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