3.0.0 2405 2023-01-01T23:43:08Z 2023-01-01T23:43:08Z Senate S 2021-07-21 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2021-11-17T19:30:20Z Referred to 2021-07-21T15:22:18Z Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act 117 4601 HR 2022-12-05 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2021-11-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-07-21 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2021-07-21 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2021-07-28 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2021-10-07 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-11-17 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2021-12-06 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2022-02-08 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2022-06-07 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-07-19 False C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2022-12-14 False Armed Forces and National Security Aging Congressional oversight Emergency communications systems Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care coverage and access Indian social and development programs Mental health Performance measurement State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2021-09-07T18:30:12Z Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide grants to states to implement programs that improve outreach and assistance to veterans and their families to ensure that such individuals are fully informed about veterans' benefits and programs.

Specifically, the VA may provide grants to states to (1) implement or enhance outreach activities or activities to assist in the development and submittal of claims for veterans, or (2) increase the number of county or tribal veterans service officers in the state.

The VA must prioritize awarding grants in areas with a critical shortage of county or tribal veterans service officers, areas with high rates of suicide among veterans, and areas with high rates of referrals to the Veterans Crisis Line.

]]> Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to States to improve outreach to veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2405is/xml/BILLS-117s2405is.xml 2021-11-17 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.