Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017 [S.784]
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2017, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Each such increase shall be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the
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S.784: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 05/17/2017
Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 [S.798]
Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 This bill revises the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program (public-private contributions for educational assistance in addition to post-9/11 educational assistance) to make such program available to: (1) the spouse or child of a service member who, on or after after September 11, 2001, dies in the line of duty while serving on active duty (Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship recipients); and (2) a service member or veteran who serves at least 36
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S.798: Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/15/2017
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 [S.781]
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to shield a health care professional from liability under federal or state law for harm caused by any act or omission if: (1) the professional is serving as a volunteer in response to a disaster; and (2) the act or omission occurs during the period of the disaster, in the professional's capacity as a volunteer, and in a good faith belief that the individual being treated is in need of health care services. This protection from liability does not apply
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S.781: Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/30/2017
SR-117: A resolution designating the week of April 15, 2017, through April 23, 2017, as "National Park Week".
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S2352-2353; Text: Cr S2370) on 04/05/2017
S.850: Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text As Introduced In Senate: Cr S2367-2368) on 04/05/2017
Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017 [S.830]
Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017 This bill allows coverage, under Medicare, of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity furnished by providers other than primary care physicians and practitioners. Additionally, it allows coverage under Medicare's prescription drug benefit of drugs used for the treatment of obesity or for weight loss management for individuals who are overweight.
S.830: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/05/2017
Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 [S.870]
Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: extend the Independence at Home demonstration program; modify provisions regarding access to home dialysis therapy under Medicare and special needs plans under Medicare Advantage (MA); expand testing of the MA Value-Based Insurance Design test model; allow an MA plan to provide additional telehealth benefits to enrollees and, to chronically ill enrollees, certain supplemental health
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S.870: Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-146. on 08/03/2017
SR-124: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the National Sea Grant College Program is a valuable program that protects and enhances the coastal communities and economy of the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2457-2458) on 04/07/2017
You have voted SR-124: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the National Sea Grant College Program is a valuable program that protects and enhances the coastal communities and economy of the United States..
A resolution expressing gratitude and appreciation for the entry of the United States into World War I. [SR-130]
A resolution expressing gratitude and appreciation for the entry of the United States into World War I. Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the official entry of the United States into World War I on April 6, 1917. Expresses gratitude and appreciation to the members of: (1) the Armed Forces who participated in World War I operations alongside the countries of the Triple Entente, and (2) the Allied Forces who participated such operations alongside France from 1914 until the end of the war. Commends centenary commemorations to honor people from France,
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SR-130: A resolution expressing gratitude and appreciation for the entry of the United States into World War I.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Discharged By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S2535-2536) on 04/25/2017