[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16336]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:28 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 1405. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include a notice 
     of disagreement form in any notice of decision issued for the 
     denial of a benefit sought, to improve the supervision of 
     fiduciaries of veterans under the laws administered by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 1742. An act to exclude from consideration as income 
     under the United States Housing Act of 1937 payments of 
     pension made under section 1521 of title 38, United States 
     Code, to veterans who are in need of regular aid and 
     attendance, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 2011. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for a two-year extension of the Veterans' Advisory 
     Committee on Education.
       H.R. 2189. An act to improve the processing of disability 
     claims by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 2481. An act to make certain improvements in the laws 
     administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to 
     benefits, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3304. An act to authorize and request the President to 
     award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. 
     Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the 
     Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of 
     Honor to certain other veterans who were previously 
     recommended for award of the Medal of Honor.

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