3.0.0 3008 2022-02-03T05:10:25Z 2022-02-03T05:10:25Z Senate S S 2008-05-12 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-12T21:53:43Z A bill to improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. 110 2963 S 2008-05-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS HONOR Warriors Act 110 6268 HR 2008-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2008-05-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-05-12 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2008-05-12 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-05-12 True D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-05-12 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2008-05-12 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-05-12 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-05-12 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2008-05-12 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2008-05-12 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-05-12 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2008-05-20 False S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2008-05-22 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2008-06-10 False S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2008-06-10 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2008-06-12 False Armed Forces and National Security Afghanistan Armed forces reserves Army Colorado Counseling Department of Veterans Affairs Economics and Public Finance Education Families Family services Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Iraq Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Medical education Mental health services Middle East and North Africa Military bases Military dependents Military medicine Military operations Military pensions Missouri National Guard Nonprofit organizations Old age, survivors and disability insurance Post-traumatic stress disorder Recruiting of employees Scholarships Social Welfare South Asia Suicide Survivors' benefits Trauma care Veterans' benefits Veterans' medical care Veterans' rehabilitation War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-30T21:01:32Z Honoring Our Nation's Obligation to Returning Warriors Act or HONOR Warriors Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide scholarships to individuals pursuing education or training in behavioral health care specialties that are critical to the operations of Vet Centers (centers for readjustment counseling and related mental health services for veterans) in order to recruit and retain individuals with such specialties for service in Vet Centers. Conditions the scholarship agreeing to serve in such a capacity for whatever period the Secretary specifies in the agreement.

Makes any Armed Forces member who serves in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom eligible for readjustment counseling and related mental health services through Vet Centers regardless of whether the member is on active duty at the time of receipt of counseling and services.

Directs the Secretary, on receipt of a request for counseling from an individual who has been discharged or released from active service, to: (1) provide referrals to assist the individual in obtaining mental health care and services outside the Department of Veterans Affairs; and (2) if pertinent, advise such individual of the individual's rights to apply for review of the discharge or release.

Treats the suicide of a former member that occurs within two years after separation or retirement, if the member had a medical history of a combat-related mental health condition, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), as a death in line of duty for purposes of the survivors' eligibility to burial benefits and benefits under the Survivor Benefit Plan, laws administered by the Secretary, and the Social Security Act.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to award grants to nonprofit organizations that provide emotional support services for survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces and deceased veterans through the survivors' peers.

Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out at Fort Carson, Colorado, and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of various means of enhancing awareness among members of the Army of PTSD.

]]> HONOR Warriors Act Short Titles as Introduced Honoring Our Nation's Obligation to Returning Warriors Act Short Titles as Introduced HONOR Warriors Act Display Title HONOR Warriors Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3008is/xml/BILLS-110s3008is.xml 2008-05-12 Read twice and referred to the 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.