Veterans' Pensions And Compensation
US Congress 117th Congress
Veteran Deportation Prevention and Reform Act [HB-1182]
[Immigration ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
To provide benefits for noncitizen members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
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Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2021 [HB-983]
[Veterans ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes.
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VETS Safe Travel Act Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act [HB-855]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
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Aid and Attendance Support Act of 2021 [S.219]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the amount of certain payments during the emergency period resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
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Aid and Attendance Support Act [HB-789]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the amount of certain payments during the emergency period resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2021 [HB-746]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to secure medical opinions for veterans with service-connected disabilities who die from COVID-19 to determine whether their service-connected disabilities were the principal or contributory causes of death, and for other purposes.
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Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021 [S.189]
[Veterans ]
[Social Security ]
[Disabilities ]
[Inflation ]
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
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Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2021 [S.89]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to secure medical opinions for veterans with service-connected disabilities who die from COVID-19 to determine whether their service-connected disabilities were the principal or contributory causes of death, and for other purposes.
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Default Prevention Act [S.100]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to provide guidance and priorities for Federal Government obligations in the event that the debt limit is reached and to provide a limited and temporary authority to exceed the debt limit for priority obligations.
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Veterans Cannabis Use for Safe Healing Act [HB-430]
[Cannabis ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from denying a veteran benefits administered by the Secretary by reason of the veteran participating in a State-approved marijuana program, and for other purposes.
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Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2021 [HB-364]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide eligibility for TRICARE Select to veterans with service-connected disabilities, and for other purposes.
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Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act [HB-333]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Disabilities ]
[Taxes ]
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans disability compensation, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes.
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Retired Pay Restoration Act [HB-303]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pensions ]
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or combat-related special compensation.
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Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information and Sharing of Disability Examination Procedures With DOD Doctors Act [HB-185]
[Veterans ]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[Healthcare ]
[National Security ]
To amend title 10, United States Code, to include a single comprehensive disability examination as part of the required Department of Defense physical examination for separating members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
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Veterans Collaboration Act [HB-183]
[Veterans ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to promote and encourage collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher learning that provide administrative assistance to veterans.
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Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2021 [HB-39]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.
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Solid Start Act of 2020 [HB-8819]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
To improve and expand the Solid Start program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have been exposed to the toxin Agent Orange and should be eligible for all related Federal benefits that come with such presumption under the Agent Orange Act of 1991. [SCR-51]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have been exposed to the toxin Agent Orange and should be eligible for all related Federal benefits that come with such presumption under the Agent Orange Act of 1991. Recognizes that the intent of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 included the presumption that veterans who served in the Armed Forces in the bays,
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An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. [SCR-11]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Defense ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[International ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[National Security ]
[Poverty ]
[Science ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Small Business ]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Water ]
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2016 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2017-FY2025. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses (Sec. 1101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2016-FY2025 for federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits,
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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. [S.979]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Pensions ]
[Social Security ]
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. 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 would be entitled to such pay, except for being under 60 years of age. Prohibits recoupment
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