VETERANS BENEFITS AND TRANSITION ACT

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: authorize spouses of servicemembers to elect to use the same residences as the servicemembers, H9801 [10DE]

——— provide for termination by a spouse of a lessee of certain leases when the lessee dies while in military service, H9799, H9801 [10DE]

Dept. of Labor: prioritize provision of services to homeless veterans with dependent children in carrying out homeless veterans reintegration programs, H9801 [10DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove courses for purposes of educational assistance programs unless the educational institution permits individuals to attend or participate in courses pending departmental payment, H9800 [10DE]

——— ensure individuals may access documentation verifying the monthly housing stipend paid to the individuals under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program, H9799, H9801 [10DE]

——— improve Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program by using multiple regional prime vendors and medical professionals with relevant expertise to develop the medical-surgical formulary, H9800 [10DE]

——— include certain periods of active duty for suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs, H9799 [10DE]

——— prohibit employees who have knowingly misused a departmental purchase card from serving as purchase card holders or approving officials, H9800 [10DE]

——— provide documents on oversight of Electronic Health Record Modernization Program to ensure medical records are available electronically and are easily transferrable between medical facilities, H9799, H9800 [10DE]

——— provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, H9799, H9800 [10DE]

——— require use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities, H9799, H9801 [10DE]

Enact (S. 2248), H9794–H9802 [10DE]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (S. 2248), S7896 [19DE]

Texts of

S. 2248, provisions, H9794–H9798 [10DE]