AMERICAN HEROES COLA ACT
Remarks in House
Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II, H627 [9FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjudicate and pay survivor’s benefits without requiring the filing of a formal claim, H626 [9FE]
——— carry out a pilot program to provide veterans the option of using an alternative appeals process to more quickly determine disability claims, H626 [9FE]
——— expand eligibility for a medallion furnished to signify veteran status of a deceased individual, H626 [9FE]
——— improve authority to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations, H626 [9FE]
——— make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces, H626, H627 [9FE]
Enact (H.R. 677), H569 [4FE], H613, H617–H628, H641 [9FE]
Veterans: honor veterans disabled for life, H627 [9FE]
Reports filed
Provisions: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 677) (H. Rept. 114–405), H430 [1FE]
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