Twenty-three (23) veterans bills submitted this session US Capitol
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Items 1 through 23 of 23 posted by Denise Nichols
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1. H.R.23 :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.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(None) Committees: House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2. H.R.32 : To amend title 38, United States
Code, to improve the outreach activities of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(2) Committees: House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
3. H.R.65 : To recognize the extraordinary performance
of the Armed Forces in achieving the military objectives of the
United States in Iraq, to encourage the President to issue a proclamation
calling upon the people of the United States to observe a national
day of celebration commemorating military success in Iraq, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2009)
Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Armed Services; House Foreign Affairs; House
Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to
the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction
of the committee concerned.
4. H.R.84 : To amend title 38, United States
Code, to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking
health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny [FL-5] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
5. H.R.108 : To amend title 10, United States
Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges
to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and
to their dependents.
Sponsor: Rep Fortenberry, Jeff [NE-1] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
6. H.R.114 : To allow veterans to elect to use,
with the approval of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, certain
financial educational assistance to establish and operate certain
business, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Fortenberry, Jeff [NE-1] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
7. H.R.147 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income
tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for
other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(14)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
8. H.R.174 : To direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern
Colorado region.
Sponsor: Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(1)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition
to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
9. H.R.190 : To amend title 38, United States
Code, to ensure that veterans in each of the 48 contiguous States
are able to receive services in at least one full-service hospital
of the Veterans Health Administration in the State or receive
comparable services provided by contract in the State.
Sponsor: Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(None) Committees: House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
10. H.R.210 : To direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to conduct a study on the acquisition of a parcel of land
adjacent to Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.
Sponsor: Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(None) Committees: House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
11. H.R.217 : To direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to acquire a parcel of land adjacent to Beaufort National
Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.
Sponsor: Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(None) Committees: House Veterans' Affairs; House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
12. H.R.228 : To direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to establish a scholarship program for students seeking
a degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and
orientation and mobility.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2009)
Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/7/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
13. H.R.247 : To amend section 1369 of title
18, United States Code, to extend Federal jurisdiction over destruction
of veterans' memorials on State or local government property.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors
(None) Committees: House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 1/7/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
14. H.R.292 : To improve energy and water efficiencies
and conservation throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors
(9) Committees: House Veterans' Affairs; House Science and Technology
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition
to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned.
15. H.R.293 : To amend title 38, United States
Code, to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a grant program
to provide reintegration services through programs and facilities
that emphasize services for homeless women veterans and homeless
veterans with children.
Sponsor: Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors
(6) Committees: House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
16. H.R.294 : To amend title 38, United States
Code, to provide for the reauthorization of the Department of
Veterans Affairs small business loan program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors
(5)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
17. H.R.295 : To authorize appropriations for
the veterans' workforce investment programs.
Sponsor: Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors
(4) Committees: House Education and Labor Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
18. H.R.297 : To amend title 38, United States
Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of subsistence
allowance payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans
participating in vocational rehabilitation programs, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors
(3)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
19. H.R.303 : 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 and to
eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to
such concurrent receipt.
Sponsor: Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors
(None) Committees: House Armed Services; House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
20. H.R.333 : 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 eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent
receipt, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter
61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Marshall, Jim [GA-8] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors
(15) Committees: House Armed Services; House Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
21. H.R.341 : To amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to suspend the running of periods of limitation for
credit or refund of overpayment of Federal income tax by veterans
while their service-connected compensation determinations are
pending with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsor: Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] (introduced 1/8/2009)
Cosponsors (None) Committees: House Ways and Means Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
22. S.6 : A bill to restore and enhance the
national security of the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(19) Latest Major Action: 1/7/2009 Read the second time. Placed on
Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No.
6.
23. S.68 : A bill to require the Secretary of
the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos
that they performed military service on behalf of the United States
during World War II.
Sponsor: Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors
(None) Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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