3.0.0 3376 2017-12-15T00:36:53Z 2017-12-15T00:36:53Z Senate S S 2008-07-31 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-31T18:30:35Z United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2008 110 4255 HR 2008-08-01 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2008 110 3023 S 2008-10-10 Became Public Law No: 110-389. Related bill CRS 2008-07-31 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO N Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Economics and Public Finance Executive reorganization Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health Iraq compilation Olympic games Paralysis Physical education and training Physical therapy Recreation Sports and Recreation Veterans' benefits Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-05T16:18:22Z United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) to plan, develop, manage, and implement the Paralympic Program for disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces.

Directs the USOC to use a grant to recruit, support, encourage, schedule, facilitate, supervise, and implement paralympic instruction, participation, and competition activities, training and technical assistance, and coordination, program development, and other specified activities for veterans and members of the Armed Forces with physical disabilities.

Sets forth outreach, coordination, application, and memorandum of understanding requirements.

Establishes in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events to establish, carry out, and provide for VA sponsorship of and participation by disabled veterans in qualifying programs and events. Authorizes the Office Director to provide a monthly assistance allowance to a disabled veteran invited by the USOC to compete for, or selected for, the Paralympic Team.

Requires the Secretary to direct the Under Secretary for Health of the VA to: (1) make available recreational and physical therapists and other medical staff to facilitate veteran participation in sporting events conducted under the auspices of the USOC; (2) allow such personnel to participate in the USOC Paralympic Program without requiring the use of personal leave; and (3) support other similar activities or events.

]]> United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2008 Display Title United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to the Paralympic Program of the United States Olympic Committee, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3376is/xml/BILLS-110s3376is.xml 2008-07-31 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.