3.0.0 117 2023-01-11T20:06:45Z 2023-01-11T20:06:45Z Senate S S 2007-01-04 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-04T20:56:32Z Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2007 110 1354 HR 2007-04-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2007-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10781) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-01-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S116-117) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-01-04 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-02-12 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-02-12 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-02-12 False B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-02-12 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-02-12 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2007-03-01 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-03-19 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-03-19 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-03-22 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-03-23 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-03-29 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2007-04-16 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-05-15 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-06-13 False Armed Forces and National Security Afghanistan Anthrax Armed forces reserves Brain Cemeteries and funerals Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commemorations Commerce Congress Congress and military policy Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Disabled Drugs Education Electronic government information Families Family services Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Flags Government Operations and Politics Government life insurance Government publicity Head injuries Health Health counseling Higher education Hospital care Housing and Community Development Housing for the disabled Iraq Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Marriage counseling Medical screening Mental health services Middle East and North Africa Military discharges Military medals, decorations, etc. Military operations Mortgages National Guard Nursing homes Physical examinations Post-traumatic stress disorder Recruiting and enlistment Right of privacy Small business Social Welfare South Asia Survivors' benefits Terrorism Vaccines Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' education Veterans' employment Veterans' loans Veterans' pensions Veterans' rehabilitation Vocational rehabilitation War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-22T21:48:07Z Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2007 - Makes a veteran who served on active duty during a period of war eligible for a mental health evaluation and hospital care, medical services, nursing home care, and family and marital counseling for any identified mental health condition, notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the condition is attributable to such service.

Requires: (1) post-deployment medical and mental health screenings to be conducted within 30 days after a deployment; (2) each member, upon discharge, to be provided an electronic copy of all military records of such member; and (3) the Secretary of Defense to ensure appropriate outreach to members of the National Guard and reserves concerning benefits and services available upon discharge or deactivation.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a Global War on Terrorism Veterans Information System.

Requires quarterly reports from the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs, Labor, and Defense on the effects on veterans and on each such department of participation in the Global War on Terrorism.

]]> Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s117is/xml/BILLS-110s117is.xml 2007-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10781) 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.