3.0.0 713 2023-01-11T19:57:23Z 2023-01-11T19:57:23Z Senate S S 2007-02-28 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-28T22:57:30Z Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 110 1268 HR 2007-03-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2007-02-28 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2007-02-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2363-2364) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-02-28 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2007-02-28 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2007-02-28 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-02-28 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-02-28 True B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2007-02-28 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-02-28 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-02-28 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-02-28 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2007-02-28 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-02-28 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-02-28 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-02-28 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-02-28 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-02-28 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-02-28 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2007-02-28 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2007-02-28 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2007-02-28 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-02-28 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-02-28 True C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2007-02-28 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-03-01 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-03-06 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-03-07 False B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2007-03-08 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-03-12 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2007-03-12 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2007-03-14 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-03-19 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-04-19 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-05-11 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2007-06-12 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-06-27 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Ambulatory care Armed forces reserves Case management Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congress and military policy Congressional reporting requirements Continuum of care Counseling Department of Defense Disability evaluation Disabled Discrimination in employment Dismissal of employees Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee benefit plans Executive reorganization Families Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Health Health counseling Housing and Community Development Inspectors general Internet Iraq compilation Job hunting Labor and Employment Law Leave of absence Maintenance and repair Military dependents Military hospitals Military housing Military medicine Military training National Guard Occupational retraining Ombudsman Patients' rights Pest control Post-traumatic stress disorder Promotions Quality of care Rehabilitation of the disabled Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Social work Spanish language Suicide Telephone Veterans' medical care War casualties Web sites Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-09T19:34:02Z Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 - Requires each recovering servicemember who is assigned to a military barracks or dormitory to be assigned to one that is maintained at the highest service standard in effect for enlisted members of the Armed Forces. Requires at least semiannual inspections of, and appropriate repairs to, any such quarters, as well as alternate housing during periods of unremedied housing deficiencies.

Outlines requirements to be implemented for recovering servicemembers and their families, including: (1) physical disability evaluation system changes; (2) supervising officer and caseworker support; (3) increased training for caseworkers and social workers on particular servicemember conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); (4) increased support services, including an Ombudsman for Recovering Servicemembers; (5) a prohibition on discrimination in employment of family members caring for such servicemembers; and (6) meal benefits for recovering servicemembers and family members caring for such servicemembers.

Establishes the Oversight Board for the Wounded.

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