[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2923 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2923

To provide for a three-year extension of the Senior Oversight Committee 
          on wounded warrior matters, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2008

   Mr. Akaka introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a three-year extension of the Senior Oversight Committee 
          on wounded warrior matters, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Oversight Committee Extension 
Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SENIOR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT 
              TO WOUNDED WARRIOR MATTERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall jointly take such actions as are appropriate, 
including the allocation of appropriate personnel, funding, and other 
resources, to continue the operations of the Senior Oversight Committee 
until September 30, 2011.
    (b) Report on Further Extension of Committee.--Not later than 
December 31, 2010, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report setting 
forth the joint recommendation of the Secretaries as to the 
advisability of continuing the operations of the Senior Oversight 
Committee after September 30, 2011. If the Secretaries recommend that 
continuing the operations of the Senior Oversight Committee after 
September 30, 2011, is advisable, the report may include such 
recommendations for the modification of the responsibilities, 
composition, or support of the Senior Oversight Committee as the 
Secretaries jointly consider appropriate.
    (c) Senior Oversight Committee Defined.--In this section, the term 
``Senior Oversight Committee'' means the Senior Oversight Committee 
jointly established by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs in May 2007 to address concerns related to the 
treatment of wounded, ill, and injured members of the Armed Forces and 
veterans and serve as the single point of contact for oversight, 
strategy, and integration of proposed strategies for the efforts of the 
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve 
support throughout the recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration of 
wounded, ill, or injured members of the Armed Forces.
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