3.0.0 2506 2023-01-11T13:19:11Z 2023-01-11T13:19:11Z House H HR 2009-05-19 111 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Hearings by 2009-10-01T21:31:09Z Referred to 2009-05-22T21:35:59Z Referred to 2009-05-19T14:31:46Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2009-06-08T16:49:52Z Referred to 2009-05-19T14:31:47Z 2009-10-01 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2009-06-08 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2009-05-22 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-05-19 Referred to House Armed Services IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2009-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-19 Referred to House Veterans' Affairs IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2009-05-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5808) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000466 Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2] Harry Teague D NM 2 N P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2009-10-13 False C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2010-05-03 False Armed Forces and National Security Hearing, speech, and vision care Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military medicine Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-05-19 Introduced in House 2009-06-12T16:22:15Z Veterans Hearing and Assessment Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that tinnitus is one of the leading service-connected disability issues that is not being addressed.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that each member of the Armed Forces receives a hearing evaluation that includes a screening for tinnitus before the member is deployed and after the member returns from a deployment.

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) recognize tinnitus as a mandatory condition for research and treatment by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Auditory Centers of Excellence; and (2) ensure that research is conducted at VA facilities on the prevention, treatment, and curing of tinnitus.

]]> Veterans Hearing and Assessment Act Display Title Veterans Hearing and Assessment Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure the members of the Armed Forces receive mandatory hearing screenings before and after deployments and to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to mandate that tinnitus be listed as a mandatory condition for treatment by the Department of Veterans Affairs Auditory Centers of Excellence and that research on the preventing, treating, and curing of tinnitus be conducted. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Hearing and Assessment Act Introduced in House 2009-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2506ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2506ih.xml 2009-10-01 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.