3.0.0 6802 2022-02-03T05:17:41Z 2022-02-03T05:17:41Z House H HR 2008-08-01 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-08-01T13:00:20Z 2008-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001203 Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4] STEPHEN BUYER R IN E. 4 N Armed Forces and National Security Chemical and biological weapons Disability and paralysis Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-08-01 Introduced in House 2008-10-29T18:43:14Z Veterans' Authorities Extension Act of 2008 - Makes permanent the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) include noninstitutional extended care services within authorized services; (2) provide hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who participated in certain chemical and biological testing conducted by the Department of Defense (DOD); (3) carry out certain income verification in order to verify eligibility for needs-based care and services; and (4) establish research corporations.

Extends through: (1) FY2013 VA authority to conduct recovery audits with respect to benefit overpayments; and (2) 2009 VA authority to provide nursing home care to certain service-connected disabled veterans in need of such care.

]]> Veterans' Authorities Extension Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Authorities Extension Act of 2008 Display Title Veterans' Authorities Extension Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend or make permanent certain authorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs expiring in 2008, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6802ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6802ih.xml 2008-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.