DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS related term(s) Veterans

Addresses

State of the Union: President Trump, S576–S580 [30JA], H726–H730 [30JA]

Amendments

Dept. of HUD: provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (S. 1333), S2884 [23MY]

Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA: designate (S. 3444), S7805, S7820 [18DE]

Federal employees: provide for requirements relative to reassignment of senior executive employees (H.R. 2772), S2730, S2732 [16MY], H4871 [7JN]

Health: improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine (S. 925), S24, S25 [3JA]

Health care facilities: carry out a program to establish peer specialists in patient aligned care teams at departmental medical centers (S. 1873), S525 [25JA]

Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate (H.R. 3946), S7138, S7139, S7141 [27NO], H9802 [10DE]

Veterans Justice Outreach Program: hire additional specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans (S. 946), S1188, S1190 [15FE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, S4891 [11JY]

Articles and editorials

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center—Houston, Texas Grant Provides More Than $666K for Permanent Housing for Homeless Veterans, H4990 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions

Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs: establish (see S. 3269), S5360 [25JY]

Animals: provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not have mobility impairments (see H.R. 6908), H9089 [26SE]

Appropriations: making continuing for veterans benefits and services in the event of a Government shutdown (see S. 2323), S300 [18JA]

Armed Forces: improve oversight of Transition Assistance Program (see S. 2799), S2552 [8MY]

——— require servicemembers receive additional training under the Transition Assistance Program (see S. 2748), S2439 [25AP] (see H.R. 4954), H902 [6FE]

——— take certain steps to improve Transition Assistance Program (see S. 3299), S5455 [30JY] (see H.R. 5553), H3440 [18AP] (see H.R. 7025), H9414 [2OC]

——— take certain steps to improve Transition Assistance Program and other transition assistance to members who are separated, retired, or discharged (see H.R. 5649), H3741 [27AP]

Aviation: require air carrier passengers with service animals to adhere to a standard of service animal behavior training, amend definition of service animal, and penalize misrepresentations about a service animal (see S. 2738), S2391 [24AP]

Beasley, David: relief (see H.R. 7162), H9568 [16NO]

BLM: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for use as a national cemetery (see S. 2414), S840 [8FE]

Cemeteries and funerals: provide inscriptions for veterans’ spouses and children on certain headstones and markers (see H.R. 6409), H6463 [17JY]

Chemicals: establish a registry to ensure Armed Forces members who may have been exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on military installations receive information on such exposure (see S. 2719), S2321 [19AP] (see H.R. 5921), H4583 [22MY]

Children and youth: provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain training or vocational rehabilitation (see S. 2565), S1765 [15MR] (see H.R. 5486), H3209 [12AP]

——— provide health, rehabilitation, and monetary benefits to children with spina bifida whose parents were exposed to herbicides while serving in Thailand during the Vietnam era (see S. 3175), S4734 [28JN]

Civil liberties: restore a veteran’s rights to own or possess a firearm by requiring proof a veteran is a danger to self or others before reporting to National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see S. 2386), S651 [6FE]

Civil War—U.S.: inventory Confederate commemorative works on certain Federal lands (see H.R. 5056), H1212 [15FE]

Claims: conduct outreach to veterans on effect of certain delayed payments of claims for emergency medical care and submit to Congress an annual report on such delayed payments (see H.R. 5500), H3209 [12AP]

——— provide for certain limitations and clarifications on false claims and civil actions relative to FHA and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs (see H.R. 5993), H4738 [1JN]

——— require notices of denial of claims for benefits be delivered by certified mail (see H.R. 6996), H9405 [28SE]

Colleges and universities: make grants to public institutions of higher education for establishment of Veterans Resource Centers (see H.R. 6766), H8107 [10SE]

——— support university law school programs designed to provide legal assistance to veterans (see H.R. 6234), H5748 [26JN]

Contracts: clarify treatment of certain surviving spouses under contracting goals and preferences (see H.R. 5044), H1211 [15FE]

——— improve procurement practices (see S. 3794), S7926 [19DE]

Credit: clarify seasoning requirements for certain refinanced mortgage loans to allow pooling of Dept. of Veterans Affairs loans through Ginnie Mae (see S. 3536), S6438 [2OC] (see H.R. 6737), H7941 [7SE]

Crime: improve provision of services and benefits for veterans who experience domestic violence or sexual assault (see H.R. 6869), H8883 [25SE]

Death and dying: prohibit from requiring a surviving spouse to return certain payments for a month in which the veteran dies (see H.R. 5301), H1651 [15MR]

——— take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with a registered individual’s cause of death (see H.R. 6959), H9151 [27SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: modify exception to work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility by expanding employment opportunities, including certain veterans’ programs (see S. 2477), S1316 [1MR]

Dept. of Defense: study servicemembers’ exposure to open burn pits and toxic airborne chemicals while on active duty to ensure appropriate treatment for health effects (see S. 3181), S4734 [28JN] (see H.R. 5671), H3746 [1MY]

Dept. of HHS: require a study on women and lung cancer (see S. 2358), S581 [30JA] (see H.R. 4897), H731 [30JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see S. 3024), S3293 [7JN] (see H.R. 5786), H3934 [11MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: submit report on open burn pits (see H.R. 5920), H4583 [22MY]

Depts. of Energy and Veterans Affairs: conduct collaborative research to improve health care services for veterans (see S. 3656), S7088 [26NO] (see H.R. 6398), H6462 [17JY]

Disabled: conduct a study on accessibility of departmental websites to disabled individuals (see S. 3683), S7241 [29NO] (see H.R. 6418), H6557 [18JY]

——— provide for presumption of service-connected disability for certain veterans who served in Palomares, Spain (see S. 3373), S5931 [23AU]

Diseases and disorders: carry out a pilot program to increase access to hepatitis C testing for Vietnam-era veterans (see H.R. 5922), H4583 [22MY]

——— establish Alzheimer’s disease research, education, and clinical centers (see H.R. 5191), H1475 [7MR]

——— extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 6419), H6557 [18JY]

——— improve access of veterans to cancer treatment at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 5095), H1266 [26FE]

——— protect Medicare and VA benefits for medical device treatments for male incontinence and impotence resulting from treatment for prostate cancer and other diseases (see H. Res. 812), H3095 [10AP]

Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA: designate (see S. 3444), S6189 [17SE] (see H.R. 6839), H8732 [17SE]

Drugs: allow veterans to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical marijuana with departmental physicians as authorized by State law (see S. 3409), S6038 [5SE]

——— conduct and support research on the efficacy and safety of medicinal marijuana (see S. 2796), S2517 [7MY] (see H.R. 5520), H3342 [16AP]

——— ensure that certain medical centers have physical locations for disposal of controlled substances medications (see H.R. 6848), H8737 [20SE]

——— enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to conduct surveys to measure cannabis use by veterans (see H.R. 7128), H9525 [14NO]

——— increase number of cannabis manufacturers registered under Controlled Substances Act for legitimate research purposes and allow VA health care providers to recommend federally-approved cannabis clinical trials (see H.R. 5634), H3705 [26AP]

——— provide for a policy on medicinal cannabis (see H.R. 7130), H9525 [14NO]

——— provide training in use of medical cannabis for all departmental primary care providers (see H.R. 7129), H9525 [14NO]

Education: authorize individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training to receive work-study allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional offices (see H.R. 5866), H4209 [17MY]

——— authorize use of veterans educational assistance for examinations and assessments to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning (see H.R. 6815), H8725 [13SE]

——— authorize use of veterans educational assistance for examinations to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning (see S. 3318), S5582 [1AU]

——— disapprove courses for purposes of educational assistance programs unless the educational institution permits individuals to attend or participate in courses pending departmental payment (see S. 3130), S4369 [25JN] (see H.R. 4830), H552 [18JA]

——— ensure certain educational benefits are treated as income by landlords evaluating the ability of a servicemember, veteran, or a spouse or child of a servicemember or veteran, to pay rent (see H.R. 5781), H3935 [11MY]

——— extend authority to continue to pay educational assistance or subsistence allowances to eligible persons when educational institutions are temporarily closed (see H.R. 7119), H9510 [13NO]

——— include certain periods of active duty for suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 5538), H3396 [17AP]

——— provide information about whether educational institutions allow individuals to stay enrolled pending receipt of departmental educational assistance (see S. 3447), S6189 [17SE]

Employment: establish vacancy and recruitment database to recruit Armed Forces members to satisfy departmental occupational needs and training and certification program for intermediate care technicians (see H.R. 5938), H4692 [23MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), correction in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 46), S6143 [12SE]

Federal aid programs: carry out a pilot program on providing intensive community care coordination and supportive services to veteran families who lack adequate access to services (see S. 2336), S500 [24JA]

——— develop a standard letter format for individuals who are indebted to the U.S. due to participation in departmental benefits programs and provide notice of such debt by electronic means (see S. 2884), S2773 [17MY]

——— establish a permanent community care program, improve recruitment of health care providers, and improve construction (see S. 2906), S2835 [22MY]

——— establish a permanent community care program and a commission on modernization or realignment of health facilities, and improve construction and home loan program laws (see H.R. 5674), H3749 [3MY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of administered law (see S. 3479), S6223 [18SE]

——— improve processing of veterans benefits, limit authority to recover overpayments and other amounts owed by veterans, and improve due process for veterans relative to such recovery (see S. 2341), S520 [25JA] (see H.R. 7144), H9567 [16NO]

Federal employees: ensure certain employees are subject to the same removal, demotion, and suspension policies as other Federal employees (see H.R. 6101), H5199 [14JN]

——— prohibit employees who have knowingly misused a departmental purchase card from serving as purchase card holders or approving officials (see H.R. 5215), H1500 [8MR]

——— provide for requirements relative to reassignment of senior executive employees (see S. 2382), S651 [6FE]

——— submit an annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees (S. 114) (see S. 2807), S2594 [9MY]

——— submit an annual report on use of official time by employees and limit instances in which official time may be granted for certain purposes (see S. 2288), S138 [10JA]

GSA: carry out a pilot program to enter into agreements for construction, renovation, improvement, and lease of facilities in order to address deferred capital backlog of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 7352), H10336 [19DE]

Hazardous substances: use on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at certain facilities (see H.R. 5974), H4731 [25MY]

Health: adopt certain strategies for preventive colorectal screenings for veterans (see H.R. 6581), H7722 [26JY]

——— establish an inter-agency task force on use of Federal lands for medical treatment and therapy through outdoor recreation for veterans (see H.R. 7138), H9539 [15NO]

——— establish presumption of service connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss (see S. 3235), S5066 [18JY]

——— expand eligibility of low-income veterans to receive dental care (see H.R. 6963), H9151 [27SE]

——— furnish health care to veterans, Reserve components, and dependents exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and presume service connection for those affected (see S. 3529), S6388 [28SE] (see H.R. 6993), H9405 [28SE]

——— furnish health care to veterans, Reserve components, and dependents stationed at Wurtsmith AFB, MI, and exposed to volatile organic compounds and presume service connection for those affected (see S. 3528), S6388 [28SE] (see H.R. 6994), H9405 [28SE]

——— furnish nursing home care and hospital care at State licensed or certified residential care facilities (see H.R. 5397), H2041 [22MR]

——— improve dental care provided to veterans (see S. 3313), S5518 [31JY]

——— improve productivity of management of health care (see H.R. 6066), H5021 [8JN]

——— improve scheduling of medical appointments, accountability of contractors for care scheduled on behalf of veterans, and payment of claims to providers (see H.R. 4783), H169 [11JA]

——— inform individuals who are eligible to enroll in departmental dental insurance plan of the benefits of such plan (see H.R. 7085), H9443 [23OC]

——— provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases in veterans who were exposed to burn pits (see H.R. 7288), H10169 [12DE]

——— provide for eligibility of certain individuals exposed to burn pits for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care (see H.R. 7287), H10169 [12DE]

——— provide process for family members of deceased individuals eligible for burn pit registry to register for such registry on behalf of the deceased individual (see H.R. 6027), H4979 [7JN]

——— report biennially on actions taken to address issues that led to inclusion of veterans health care on GAO High Risk List (see S. 2656), S2120 [12AP] (see H.R. 5683), H3781 [7MY]

——— require senior departmental officials to receive VA health care (see H.R. 5097), H1266 [26FE]

——— review health care providers whose licenses were terminated for care or services provided at non-departmental facilities and notify patients who received inadequate care from such providers (see S. 3501), S6341 [26SE]

——— review processes and requirements for scheduling health care appointments and conducting consultations (see S. 2357), S581 [30JA]

——— study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma and liver disease in veterans of the Vietnam era caused by exposure to certain parasites (see H.R. 6637), H7724 [26JY]

——— update handbook on planning and activating community-based outpatient clinics to improve leasing projects and provide training on use of such handbook (see H.R. 6867), H8883 [25SE]

Health care facilities: address staffing and other issues at health care facilities, including underserved facilities (see S. 2356), S581 [30JA]

——— allow veterans who live a certain distance from a VA organ transplant center to receive care at certain non-departmental facilities (see S. 2473), S1286 [28FE]

——— carry out a demonstration program to provide expanded access to medical services through partnerships between departmental medical centers and federally qualified health centers (see H.R. 5047), H1212 [15FE]

——— carry out a program to establish peer specialists in patient aligned care teams at departmental medical centers (see H.R. 5830), H3977 [15MY]

——— designate certain funding for hospital care and medical services in non-departmental facilities pursuant to contracts as changes in concepts and definitions for certain budgetary purposes (see H.R. 5805), H3976 [15MY]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes (see H.R. 5693), H3782 [7MY]

——— notify qualifying veterans of a covered change of service reducing or eliminating a medical service provided at a departmental medical facility (see H.R. 6151), H5284 [19JN]

——— require departmental medical facility directors to submit plans on how to improve such facilities (see S. 2622), S1948 [22MR] (see H.R. 5246), H1507 [9MR]

Health care professionals: ensure certain health care contractors are subject to Federal tort claims laws to improve accountability of physicians (see H.R. 7105), H9459 [30OC]

——— increase efficiency in recruitment and hiring of health care workers separating from the Armed Forces and create uniform credentialing standards for certain health care professionals (see S. 3417), S6058 [6SE] (see H.R. 6539), H7720 [26JY]

Herbicides: extend authority to prescribe regulations providing that a presumption of service connection is warranted for a disease with a positive association with exposure to a herbicide agent (see S. 3507), S6341 [26SE] (see H.R. 6941), H9150 [27SE]

——— modify presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in Thailand during the Vietnam era (see H.R. 4843), H553 [18JA]

——— remove manifestation period needed for presumption of service connection for chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy associated with exposure to herbicides (see S. 3355), S5759 [21AU] (see H.R. 6566), H7721 [26JY]

Housing: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for the disabled (see H.R. 6509), H7685 [25JY]

——— waive fees for Purple Heart recipients serving on active duty for home loan program guaranteed loans (see H.R. 6161), H5362 [20JN]

HUD-VA Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH): improve and protect by prohibiting shifting of funds and increase number and expedite hiring of case managers (see S. 2750), S2439 [25AP]

Hurricanes: provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria (see H.R. 4782), H169 [11JA]

Jacksonville, FL: carry out a major medical facility project (see H.R. 6285), H5974 [28JN]

Jerry Donnellan VA Community Clinic, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 7108), H9460 [30OC]

Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic, Las Cruces, NM: designate (see H.R. 6863), H8742 [24SE]

Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation, North Ogden, UT: designate (see S. 3690), S7241 [29NO] (see H.R. 7163), H9573 [20NO]

Mare Island Naval Cemetery: seek to enter into an agreement with Vallejo, CA, for transfer (see S. 2881), S2773 [17MY] (see H.R. 5588), H3452 [23AP]

Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the VA New York Harbor Health Care System, New York, NY: designate (see S. 3694), S7242 [29NO] (see H.R. 7240), H9819 [10DE]

Marshall Islands: provide for treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll who are suffering from radiation-related illness (see S. 2821), S2623 [10MY]

Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program: improve by using multiple regional prime vendors and medical professionals with relevant expertise to develop the medical-surgical formulary (see S. 3737), S7431 [11DE] (see H.R. 5418), H3052 [29MR]

Members of Congress: permit use of departmental facilities for purposes of meeting with constituents (see H.R. 5413), H3049 [26MR]

Mental health: carry out a demonstration program to expand availability of telemedicine services for veterans living in rural areas with certain mental health disorders (see H.R. 7017), H9414 [2OC]

——— conduct a pilot program on post-traumatic growth (see H.R. 5986), H4736 [29MY]

——— establish a grant program for eligible nonprofit organizations to carry out positive psychology reconditioning programs for veterans (see H.R. 5152), H1341 [1MR]

——— furnish mental health care to certain former Armed Forces members who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care (see S. 2548), S1735 [14MR]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 5314), H1651 [15MR]

Mission statement: revise to be more inclusive of women veterans and surviving family members (see S. 3672), S7190 [28NO] (see H.R. 7158), H9568 [16NO]

National cemeteries: permit display of Battlefield Crosses in national cemeteries (see S. 2280), S46 [4JA]

National GI Bill Commemoration Week: designate (see S. Res. 551), S4035 [19JN] (see H. Res. 950), H5285 [19JN]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 554), S4281 [20JN]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 554), S4281 [20JN]

National Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 1133), H9448 [26OC]

Pensions: provide for payment of Medal of Honor special pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient (see S. 2485), S1316 [1MR] (see H.R. 6679), H7772 [24AU]

Philippines: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see S. 2433), S1164 [15FE]

——— extend authority for operation of regional office in Manila (see S. 3415), S6058 [6SE]

Phoenix, AZ: carry out a pilot program to improve ability of Members of Congress to assist constituents with veterans’ benefits within Phoenix VA Health Care System (see H.R. 7013), H9413 [2OC]

Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program: enhance payment of monthly housing stipends paid (see S. 3328), S5582 [1AU]

——— ensure individuals may access documentation verifying the monthly housing stipend paid to the individuals (see S. 2294), S167 [11JA]

——— establish a tiger team to address difficulties in implementation after enactment of certain changes to housing allowances (see S. 3777), S7790 [18DE] (see H.R. 7273), H10169 [12DE]

——— extend period in which entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred (see H.R. 6769), H8107 [10SE] (see H.R. 6860), H8738 [20SE]

——— provide additional entitlement to benefits of certain veterans and Armed Forces members who require extra time to complete remedial and deficiency courses (see S. 3627), S6964 [14NO]

——— require payment of individuals who are owed assistance amounts that they are entitled to by law (see S. 5), S7275 [4DE]

Public buildings: carry out a pilot program to enter into agreements for construction, renovation, improvement, and lease of facilities in order to address deferred capital backlog (see H.R. 7317), H10269 [17DE]

Real estate: protect veterans from predatory home lending (see S. 2304), S168 [11JA]

Robert Maxwell VA Clinic, Bend, OR: designate (see H.R. 6632), H7724 [26JY]

SBA: assume responsibility of verifying small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 7169), H9667 [27NO]

Taxation: provide work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans who are receiving certain educational assistance (see S. 3563), S6770 [10OC] (see H.R. 6392), H6263 [16JY]

Veterans: extend authorities relating to homeless veterans (see S. 3419), S6059 [6SE] (see H.R. 4898), H731 [30JA]

——— improve contracting opportunities for service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business concerns (see S. 3606), S6816 [11OC]

——— include federally qualified health centers and primary care associations in efforts to help homeless veterans (see H.R. 6572), H7722 [26JY]

——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 3089), S4035 [19JN] (see H.R. 4958), H973 [7FE]

Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration: establish (see S. 2768), S2484 [26AP] (see H.R. 5644), H3706 [26AP]

Veterans Healing Veterans Medical Access Scholarship Program: expand to include medical students in predominantly Hispanic-serving medical schools (see H.R. 7193), H9742 [29NO]

Veterans Health Administration: establish qualifications for human resources positions (see H.R. 5864), H4209 [17MY]

——— provide for the non-applicability of non-departmental covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain personnel and reform recruitment and hiring process (see H.R. 5521), H3342 [16AP]

——— provide for the non-applicability of non-departmental covenants not to compete to the appointment of physicians (see S. 3302), S5517 [31JY]

——— report on opioid prescribing rates of physicians and conduct pain management training for physicians with highest rates of opioid prescribing (see S. 2819), S2623 [10MY] (see H.R. 5829), H3977 [15MY]

——— support polices to maintain, oppose privatization of veterans health services, and create integrated health care networks for veterans (see H. Res. 1025), H7155 [24JY]

Veterans Legacy Program: establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials (see H.R. 6420), H6557 [18JY]

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program: eliminate period of eligibility (see H.R. 5452), H3094 [10AP]

Women: improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 5966), H4728 [24MY]

——— increase number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans (see S. 2402), S840 [8FE]

Conference reports

Energy and Water Development, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans’ Services Appropriations (H.R. 5895), H7946–H8106 [10SE]

Letters

Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act: Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H3952 [15MY]

——— Representative Roe, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House), H3952 [15MY]

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act: Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), H5618 [25JN]

——— Carlos U. Fuentes, VFW, H5618 [25JN]

——— Dana T. Atkins, Military Officers Association of America, H5618 [25JN]

——— Denise Rohan, American Legion, H5620 [25JN]

——— Garry J. Augustine, DAV, H5619 [25JN]

——— John B. Wells, Military-Veterans Advocacy, Inc., S7380 [10DE], H5619 [25JN]

——— John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans of America (organization), H5618 [25JN]

——— Keith Hall, CBO, S7383 [10DE]

——— Mike Yates and Michael J. Little, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association, H5619 [25JN]

——— Neil Van Ess, Military Order of the Purple Heart, H5619 [25JN]

——— Thomas J. Snee, Fleet Reserve Association, H5620 [25JN]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) approved resolutions: Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9257 [28SE], H10213 [17DE]

Dept. of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H8870 [25SE]

——— Representative Roe, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House), H8870 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General funding: Michael J. Missal, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H4989 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs protection of veterans from predatory home lending: Senators Tillis and Warren, H9065 [26SE]

Transition Improvement Act: Representative Kevin Brady, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7137 [24JY]

——— Representative Roe, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House), H7137 [24JY]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act funding: several veterans and military organizations, S4362 [25JN]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: several organizations, H4040 [16MY]

Press releases

Heroism Knows No Gender—Veterans Outreach Center Serves Female Veteran Families, H4991 [8JN]

How the Salvation Army Helped a Mother and Her Children Keep Their Home, H4992 [8JN]

Remarks in House

Adaptive Sports Equine-Assisted Therapy Program: funding, H4977 [7JN]

Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry: educational outreach funding, H4974 [7JN]

——— funding, H4976, H4977 [7JN]

Animals: carry out pilot program to provide service dogs to certain veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (H.R. 2327), H4287 [22MY]

Appropriations: make rescissions in non-defense discretionary spending, H3223–H3230 [13AP]

——— making consolidated appropriations, H572 [19JA], H1489, H1493–H1495 [8MR]

Armed Forces: make grants to eligible organizations to provide transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces recently separated from active duty and their spouses, H7139 [24JY]

——— require receipt of additional training under Transition Assistance Program, H7705 [26JY]

——— require servicemembers receive additional training under the Transition Assistance Program (H.R. 4954), H787 [6FE]

——— take certain steps to improve Transition Assistance Program and other transition assistance to members who are separated, retired, or discharged (H.R. 5649), H3731 [27AP], H7134–H7140 [24JY]

Benefits: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (H.R. 299), H5611–H5621, H5635 [25JN], H5667 [26JN], E916 [26JN]

BLM: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery (S. 35), H3951–H3953 [15MY]

Cemeteries and funerals: 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]

——— 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 (H.R. 4335), H3755 [7MY]

——— provide headstones and markers for graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries (S. 2248), H9794–H9802 [10DE]

——— provide inscriptions for veterans’ spouses and children on certain headstones and markers (H.R. 6409), H6637 [23JY]

Center for Innovation for Care and Payment: funding, E804 [8JN]

Children and youth: provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain training or vocational rehabilitation (H.R. 5486), E443 [12AP]

Colleges and universities: support university law school programs designed to provide legal assistance to veterans (H.R. 6234), E918 [26JN]

Community Care Program: funding, H4998, H4999 [8JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, H27 [9JA]

Contracts: clarify treatment of certain surviving spouses under contracting goals and preferences (H.R. 5044), H4259, H4260 [21MY]

——— report on delinquent payments to vendors and contractors, H4987, H4988 [8JN]

Cookus, Susan: Dept. of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee National Female Volunteer of the Year award recipient, H3937 [15MY]

Credit: clarify seasoning requirements for certain refinanced mortgage loans to allow pooling of Dept. of Veterans Affairs loans through Ginnie Mae (H.R. 6737), H9056, H9064, H9065 [26SE]

Dept. of Defense: monitor medication prescribing practices for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, H4565 [22MY]

——— open air burn pits research funding, H5796–H5798 [27JN]

——— study servicemembers’ exposure to open burn pits and toxic airborne chemicals while on active duty to ensure appropriate treatment for health effects (H.R. 5671), H5798 [27JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H2024 [22MR], H4786–H4792 [6JN], H4862–H4869, H4884–H4977 [7JN], H4984, H4985–H5000 [8JN], H7937 [7SE], H8181–H8184, H8239–H8245 [13SE], E832 [13JN], E1281 [24SE]

Depts. of Energy and Veterans Affairs: conduct collaborative research to improve health care services for veterans (H.R. 6398), H8868–H8872 [25SE]

Disabled: conduct a study on accessibility of departmental websites to disabled individuals (H.R. 6418), H10427, H10428 [20DE]

District of Columbia: Inspector General oversight over Washington, DC, VA Medical Center funding, H4988–H4990 [8JN]

Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA: designate (S. 3444), H10428 [20DE]

Drugs: enter into memorandum of understanding with a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under which departmental health care providers shall query such network, H4044 [16MY]

——— enter into memorandum of understanding with a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under which departmental health care providers shall query such network (H.R. 3832), H4250, H4251 [21MY]

Education: 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]

——— disapprove courses for purposes of educational assistance programs unless the educational institution permits individuals to attend or participate in courses pending departmental payment (H.R. 4830), H4254–H4256 [21MY]

——— 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]

——— include certain periods of active duty for suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs (H.R. 5538), H7133, H7134 [24JY]

Electronic Health Record Modernization Program: funding, H4867 [7JN]

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

——— provide documents on oversight to ensure medical records are available electronically and are easily transferrable between medical facilities (H.R. 4245), H4253, H4254 [21MY]

Employment: establish vacancy and recruitment database to recruit Armed Forces members to satisfy departmental occupational needs and training and certification program for intermediate care technicians (H.R. 5938), H7142–H7144 [24JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46), H8245 [13SE]

Federal aid programs: establish a permanent community care program and a commission on modernization or realignment of health facilities, and improve construction and home loan program laws, H3913 [10MY], H3994, H3996, H3998, H4005, H4014–H4046 [16MY], H4236 [18MY], H9536 [15NO], E694, E695 [21MY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of administered law (S. 3479), H8754–H8759 [25SE]

Federal employees: apply requirements that Federal employees who are service-connected disabled veterans are provided leave to undergo treatment for such disabilities to Veterans Health Administration employees (S. 899), H6213–H6215 [16JY]

——— ensure employee labor union activities do not interfere with performance of their assigned work duties, H1450 [7MR]

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

——— prohibit employees who have knowingly misused a departmental purchase card from serving as purchase card holders or approving officials (H.R. 5215), H4256, H4257 [21MY]

——— provide for requirements relative to reassignment of senior executive employees (H.R. 2772), Senate amendment, H4871 [7JN]

Hazardous substances: use on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at certain facilities (H.R. 5974), H7144, H7145 [24JY]

Health: carry out a pilot program to improve private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma (H.R. 3642), H1421 [6MR], H4248–H4250 [21MY]

——— create an opioid abuse health care kit for community health centers, H4986, H4987 [8JN]

——— develop hospice care standards tailored to the needs of combat veterans, H4975 [7JN]

——— ensure access to health care and support services for veterans, H3757 [7MY]

——— ensure health care providers at VA medical facilities complete a continuing education course in pain management, H4987 [8JN]

——— establish a center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relative to exposure to burn pits (H.R. 1279), H1604 [14MR]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, H9536 [15NO]

——— improve provision of adult day health care services for veterans (S. 324), H1513–H1515 [13MR]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce proposed rule relative to injured or amputee veteran’s ability to select prosthetist or orthotist of choice whether employed by VA or on contract with VA, H4993 [8JN]

——— waive copayment requirement for medical and hospital services in the case of certain billing errors and inform veterans of payment plan and waiver rights relative to untimely billing (H.R. 1972), H4247, H4248 [21MY]

Health care facilities: allow veterans who live a certain distance from a VA organ transplant center to receive care at certain non-departmental facilities, H4044 [16MY]

——— carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in medical centers, H3996 [16MY]

——— designate certain funding for hospital care and medical services in non-departmental facilities pursuant to contracts as changes in concepts and definitions for certain budgetary purposes (H.R. 5805), H3998 [16MY], H4866 [7JN]

——— ensure the VA phone system allows veterans to directly call their local community-based outpatient center for appointments, H4975, H4976 [7JN]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes (H.R. 5693), H7172–H7175 [25JY]

Health care professionals: clarify role of podiatrists, H4042 [16MY]

——— establish clinical observation pilot program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school (H.R. 2787), H7132, H7133 [24JY]

Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program: improve, H4045 [16MY]

Herbicides: modify presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in Thailand during the Vietnam era, H5617 [25JN]

——— provide for presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea, E916 [26JN]

Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Williams VA Medical Center, Huntington, WV: designate (H.R. 3663), H4261–H4263 [21MY]

Homeless: homeless veterans programs funding, H4990, H4991, H4994 [8JN]

Housing: adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program, H5617 [25JN]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for those affected by Hurricane Maria, H177 [16JA]

Lexington VA Health Care System, Lexington, KY: designate and name campuses in honor of Franklin R. Sousley and Troy Bowling (H.R. 4533), H1081–H1083 [13FE]

Little Rock, AR: Central Arkansas Veterans Affairs Healthcare System nurses named to Great 100 Nurses Celebration of Arkansas honoree list, E1144 [10AU]

Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation, North Ogden, UT: designate (H.R. 7163), H9578, H9656 [27NO]

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

——— improve by using multiple regional prime vendors and medical professionals with relevant expertise to develop the medical-surgical formulary (H.R. 5418), H4257, H4258 [21MY]

Mental health: address epidemic of veteran suicide, H9140 [27SE]

——— furnish free and comprehensive mental health care to veterans (H.R. 2736), H5758 [27JN]

——— furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care (H.R. 918), H8167 [12SE]

——— mental health and suicide prevention programs funding, H4976 [7JN]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (H.R. 5314), H7161 [25JY]

Montana: redesignate certain clinics (S. 1282), H4260, H4261, H4263 [21MY]

National cemeteries: inter individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (H.R. 4716), H1450 [7MR]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month: observance, H5231, H5273 [19JN], H5290 [20JN], H5758 [27JN]

National Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention Day: designate (H. Res. 1133), E1532 [16NO]

Newtown, PA: Washington Crossing National Cemetery dedication of Gold Star Families Memorial Monument, E810 [8JN]

Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program: provide for housing stipends and supply fee payments for individuals affected by extended school closures due to natural disasters, H7137 [24JY]

——— ensure individuals may access documentation verifying the monthly housing stipend paid to the individuals, H9799, H9801 [10DE]

——— establish a tiger team to address difficulties in implementation after enactment of certain changes to housing allowances (H.R. 7273), H10323 [19DE]

——— establish a tiger team to address difficulties in implementation after enactment of certain changes to housing allowances (S. 3777), H10428–H10430 [20DE]

Presidential appointments: call for appointment of nominees to key vacancies, H5162 [14JN]

Ray Hendrix Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate, H9802 [10DE]

Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate (H.R. 3946), H4251–H4253 [21MY]

——— designate (H.R. 3946), Senate amendments, H9802 [10DE]

Real estate: protect veterans from predatory home lending, H9064, H9065 [26SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6637–H6639 [23JY], H7171 [25JY]

Riverside National Cemetery: tribute to University of California, Riverside research grant, H1736 [21MR]

Rohrabacher, Representative: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H9685–H9688 [28NO]

Sec. of Veterans Affairs: qualifications, H3590 [26AP]

Sergeant Ernest I. ‘‘Boots’’ Thomas VA Clinic, Tallahassee, FL: designate (H.R. 4687), H4871 [7JN]

——— designate (S. 2246), H4964 [7JN]

Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility, Murfreesboro, TN: designate (H.R. 2634), H8753 [25SE]

Supportive Services for Veteran Families: funding, H4991, H4992 [8JN]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: funding, H4866 [7JN]

Veterans: address effects of veterans exposed to burn pits, H3690 [26AP]

——— extend homeless veterans reintegration programs and clarify eligibility for services under such programs (H.R. 4451), H4263–H4265 [21MY], E1728 [21DE]

——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4958), H4258, H4259 [21MY]

——— provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans (H.R. 506), H1570–H1573 [14MR]

——— provide outreach to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, H5720 [26JN], H5800 [27JN]

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

Veterans Crisis Line: study effectiveness in preventing veteran suicide (H.R. 4173), H24 [9JA], H8167 [12SE]

Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration: establish, H7173, H7174 [25JY]

Veterans Health Administration: establish qualifications for human resources positions (H.R. 5864), H7141, H7142 [24JY]

Veterans Justice Outreach Program: hire additional specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans (H.R. 2147), H5133–H5135, H5138 [13JN]

Veterans Transportation Program: funding, H4986 [8JN]

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program: eliminate period of eligibility, H7137 [24JY]

——— funding, H4973 [7JN]

Women: increase number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans (H.R. 4635), H5137–H5138 [13JN], H8167 [12SE]

——— provide for certain reporting requirements relative to medical care for women veterans provided by departmental and non-departmental medical providers (H.R. 4334), H4265–H4267 [21MY]

Remarks in Senate

Aurora, CO: opening of Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, S5031 [18JY]

Benefits: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (H.R. 299), S7380–S7383 [10DE], S7424 [11DE], S7553 [13DE], S7761 [18DE], S7835–S7837 [19DE]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (H.R. 299), unanimous-consent request, S7379, S7380 [10DE], S7835 [19DE]

Bonzanto, Tamara: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, S8053 [2JA]

Cemeteries and funerals: provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable (H.R. 3656), S1320, S1321 [1MR]

——— provide headstones and markers for graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries (S. 2248), S1321 [1MR], S7896 [19DE]

Civil liberties: restore a veteran’s rights to own or possess a firearm by requiring proof a veteran is a danger to self or others before reporting to National Instant Criminal Background Check System (S. 2386), S653 [6FE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): accomplishments, S7982–S7984 [20DE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, S2889 [24MY], S2975–S2978 [5JN], S6941 [14NO]

——— legislative accomplishments relative to veterans’ care and services, S6781 [11OC]

Dept. of Education: review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education, S1935 [22MR], S5736 [21AU]

Dept. of HUD: provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (S. 1333), S2884, S2885 [23MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, S3973–S3976 [18JN], S4011, S4014–S4016, S4018–S4024, S4026, S4028, S4030, S4031, S4249 [19JN], S4253–S4257, S4271–S4275 [20JN], S4313, S4324, S4325, S4328–S4330 [21JN], S4354, S4358–S4364, S4367 [25JN], S4889–S4891 [11JY], S6045 [6SE], S6116, S6122, S6133–S6136, S6148 [12SE], S6183 [17SE]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (S. 3024), S3395 [11JN]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: conduct a pilot program to assess feasibility and advisability of expanding use of physician assistants specializing in psychiatric medicine, S6214 [18SE]

——— designate certain non-departmental mental health care providers as providers who have particular knowledge of provision of mental health care to Armed Forces members and veterans, S6214 [18SE]

——— improve provision of mental health care to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, S6214 [18SE]

Disabled: furnish assistance for adaptations of residences of disabled veterans in rehabilitation programs (H.R. 3562), S2732 [16MY]

——— improve treatment of medical evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals in support of disability claims compensation (H.R. 1725), S1190 [15FE]

Diseases and disorders: provide for presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea (S. 2038), S5262 [24JY]

Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA: designate (S. 3444), S7820 [18DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), correction in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46)—unanimous-consent agreement, S6124 [12SE]

Federal aid programs: establish a permanent community care program, improve recruitment of health care providers, and improve construction (S. 2906), unanimous-consent request, S2823 [22MY]

——— establish a permanent community care program and a commission on modernization or realignment of health facilities, and improve construction and home loan program laws, S2761, S2764, S2765 [17MY], S2781 [21MY], S2801, S2806–S2809, S2812, S2823–S2827 [22MY], S2843, S2857–S2862, S2864–S2866, S2871 [23MY], S2894, S2909, S2911–S2913 [24MY], S3002, S3003 [6JN], S5118–S5122 [23JY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of administered law (S. 3479), S6254 [18SE]

——— improve processing of veterans benefits, limit authority to recover overpayments and other amounts owed by veterans, and improve due process for veterans relative to such recovery, S4274 [20JN]

Federal employees: apply requirements that Federal employees who are service-connected disabled veterans are provided leave to undergo treatment for such disabilities to Veterans Health Administration employees (S. 899), S1848 [20MR], S5869 [22AU]

——— provide for requirements relative to reassignment of senior executive employees (H.R. 2772), S2732 [16MY]

Gfrerer, James P.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology, S8053 [2JA]

Health: allow entrance into agreements with non-departmental health care providers if unable to provide health care in departmental facilities or through contracts or sharing agreements, S2825 [22MY]

——— carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy technology to veterans (H.R. 1162), S7896 [19DE]

——— establish a commission to make recommendations on modernization or realignment of health facilities, improve construction and management leases, and amend and fund the Veterans Choice Program, S2823 [22MY]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, S2807 [22MY]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine (S. 925), S25 [3JA]

——— submit plan to Congress to avoid clinical mistakes by employees that result in adverse events that require certain disclosures, S4367 [25JN]

Health care facilities: carry out a program to establish peer specialists in patient aligned care teams at departmental medical centers (S. 1873), S525, S526 [25JA], S2860 [23MY]

Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Williams VA Medical Center, Huntington, WV: designate (H.R. 3663), S2942 [24MY]

Hurricanes: provide additional disaster recovery assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria (S. 2165), S30 [4JA]

Jackson, Ronny L.: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S2135 [16AP], S2445 [25AP]

——— withdrawal of nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S2450 [26AP]

Law enforcement officers: provide support for law enforcement agency efforts to protect the mental health and well-being of law enforcement officers (S. 867), S2663 [15MY], S2763 [17MY], S6214 [18SE]

Lexington VA Health Care System, Lexington, KY: designate and name campuses in honor of Franklin R. Sousley and Troy Bowling (H.R. 4533), S1191 [15FE]

Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation, North Ogden, UT: designate (H.R. 7163), S7347 [6DE]

Mental health: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists, S6214 [18SE]

——— expand eligibility for certain health care benefits to include certain veterans seeking mental health care, S2807 [22MY]

Montana: redesignate certain clinics (S. 1282), S2816 [22MY]

National cemeteries: inter individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (S. 1179), S2721 [16MY]

National GI Bill Commemoration Week: designate (S. Res. 551), S4271 [20JN], S4351 [21JN]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 554), S4293 [20JN]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 554), S4293 [20JN]

Native Americans: clarify that tribal health providers funded by the Indian Health Service are inclueded in VA Choice Program, S2862 [23MY]

Office of the Inspector General: ensure access to information or documents deemed necessary to investigate and provide oversight, S4272 [20JN]

Pensions: protect individuals eligible for increased pension on the basis of need of regular aid and attendance from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices (H.R. 3122), S1191 [15FE]

Pharmaceuticals: improve access to affordable prescription drugs, S7220 [29NO]

Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program: enhance payment of monthly housing stipends paid (S. 3328), S7222 [29NO]

——— establish a tiger team to address difficulties in implementation after enactment of certain changes to housing allowances (S. 3777), S7821 [18DE]

——— grant eligibility to members of the Armed Forces awarded the Purple Heart, S5799 [22AU]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2466 [26AP]

Quincy, IL: outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at the Illinois Veterans Home, S2590 [9MY]

Ray Hendrix Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate, S7141 [27NO]

Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic, Statesboro, GA: designate (H.R. 3946), S7141 [27NO]

Senate: legislative priorities, S82 [9JA], S114–S116 [10JA], S276 [18JA]

Sergeant Ernest I. ‘‘Boots’’ Thomas VA Clinic, Tallahassee, FL: designate (S. 2246), S1130 [14FE]

Servicemen’s Readjustment Act: anniversary, S4270 [20JN]

Taxation: clarify certain rules relative to veteran health insurance and codify veteran eligibility for premium tax credit (H.R. 2372), S615 [5FE], S618 [6FE]

——— clarify certain rules relative to veteran health insurance and codify veteran eligibility for premium tax credit (H.R. 2372), unanimous-consent request, S3741 [12JN]

VA caregiver programs: expand and strengthen, S2816 [22MY]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: funding, S4015 [19JN], S4273 [20JN], S4362 [25JN]

——— implementation, S7216 [29NO]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4958), S6311 [25SE]

——— protect veterans’ credit ratings by delaying inclusion of medical debt from services received through Veterans Choice Program and other VA programs from reports to credit reporting agencies, S1359 [6MR]

——— tribute to women veterans, S6960 [14NO]

Veterans Choice Program: include all veterans enrolled in departmental patient enrollment system (S. 2168), S228, S229 [17JA]

Veterans Crisis Line: study effectiveness in preventing veteran suicide, S4271, S4272 [20JN]

Veterans Educational Assistance Act: implementation, S7216 [29NO]

Veterans Justice Outreach Program: hire additional specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans (H.R. 2147), S5869 [22AU]

——— hire additional specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans (S. 946), S1190 [15FE]

Wilkie, Robert L.: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S5116, S5119–S5122, S5124 [23JY]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, unanimous-consent agreement, S5112 [19JY]

Reports filed

Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 35) (H. Rept. 115–626), H3094 [10AP]

Caring for Our Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 2193) (S. Rept. 115–212), S1451 [7MR]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 5895, Energy and Water Development, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans’ Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1059) (H. Rept. 115–949), H8169 [12SE]

Consideration of H.R. 5895, Energy and Water Development, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans’ Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 918) (H. Rept. 115–711), H4775 [5JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 923) (H. Rept. 115–712), H4848 [6JN]

Consideration of S. 2372, VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 891) (H. Rept. 115–677), H3975 [15MY]

Dept. of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 6398) (H. Rept. 115–974), H8883 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clarification of Presumptions Relating to Exposure of Certain Veterans Who Served in the Vicinity of Vietnam: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 299) (H. Rept. 115–680), H4241 [18MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety (VA COST SAVINGS) Enhancements Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5974) (H. Rept. 115–869), H7153 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Management Productivity Improvement: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 6066) (H. Rept. 115–1034), H9567 [16NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Increase of Number of Peer-to-Peer Counselors Providing Counseling for Women Veterans: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4635) (H. Rept. 115–687), H4241 [18MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5786) (H. Rept. 115–673), H3934 [11MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3024) (S. Rept. 115–269), S3292 [7JN]

Energy and Water Development, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans’ Services Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 5895) (H. Rept. 115–929), H8106 [10SE]

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs Extension and Eligibility for Services Under Such Programs Clarification: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4451) (H. Rept. 115–686), H4241 [18MY]

Improving Oversight of Women Veterans’ Care Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4334) (H. Rept. 115–685), H4241 [18MY]

Include Active Duty for Suspending Charges to Veterans’ Educational Assistance During Periods of Suspended Participation in Vocational Rehabilitation Programs: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5538) (H. Rept. 115–870), H7154 [24JY]

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5963) (H. Rept. 115–868), H7153 [24JY]

Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 3642) (H. Rept. 115–683), H4241 [18MY]

Nomination of James P. Gfrerer To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S6222 [18SE]

Nomination of Paul R. Lawrence To Be Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Benefits: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S2261 [18AP]

Nomination of Robert L. Wilkie To Be Sec. of Veterans Affairs: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S4875 [10JY]

Nomination of Tamara Bonzanto To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S6222 [18SE]

Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 506) (H. Rept. 115–599), H1607 [14MR]

Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 6737) (H. Rept. 115–983), H9088 [26SE]

Protecting Veterans Credit Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2683) (H. Rept. 115–1025), H9525 [14NO]

Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5044) (H. Rept. 115–689), H4241 [18MY]

Servicemembers Improved Transition Through Reforms for Ensuring Progress (SIT-REP) Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4830) (H. Rept. 115–694), H4283 [21MY]

Transition Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5649) (H. Rept. 115–864), H7153 [24JY]

VA Asset and Infrastructure Review Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4243) (H. Rept. 115–1036)115–1036), H9567 [16NO]

VA Billing Accountability Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 1972) (H. Rept. 115–681), H4241 [18MY]

VA Care in the Community Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4242) (H. Rept. 115–585), H1372 [5MR]

VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5864) (H. Rept. 115–872), H7154 [24JY]

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5674) (H. Rept. 115–671), H3934 [11MY]

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5418) (H. Rept. 115–693), H4283 [21MY]

Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5215) (H. Rept. 115–692), H4283 [21MY]

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4958) (H. Rept. 115–688), H4241 [18MY]

Veterans’ Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4245) (H. Rept. 115–691), H4283 [21MY]

Veterans Health Administration Facilities Smoking Prohibition: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 1662) (H. Rept. 115–1033), H9567 [16NO]

Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 3832) (H. Rept. 115–684), H4241 [18MY]

Veterans Serving Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5938) (H. Rept. 115–871), H7154 [24JY]

Veterans Transition Improvement Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2648) (H. Rept. 115–825), H6262 [16JY]

Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2147) (H. Rept. 115–682), H4241 [18MY]

Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow’s Health Professionals (Vet HP) Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2787) (H. Rept. 115–867), H7153 [24JY]

Resolutions by organizations

GSA Capital Investment and Leasing Program: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H10213–H10268 [17DE]

Tables

Energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4885–H4898 [7JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 121, correction in enrollment of S. 2372, VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act, H4058 [16MY]

H. Res. 891, consideration of H.R. 5698, Protect and Serve Act, S. 2372, VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act, and H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act, H3991 [16MY]

H. Res. 918, consideration of H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, H4785 [6JN]

H. Res. 923, consideration of H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations and H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, H4862 [7JN]

H. Res. 1059, consideration of conference report on H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, H8181 [13SE]

H.R. 299, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, H5611–H5614 [25JN]

H.R. 506, Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act, H1570 [14MR]

H.R. 1972, VA Billing Accountability Act, H4247 [21MY]

H.R. 2147, Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act, H5133 [13JN]

H.R. 2634, Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility, Murfreesboro, TN, H8753 [25SE]

H.R. 2772, Department of Veterans Affairs Senior Executive Accountability (SEA) Act, S2732 [16MY]

H.R. 2772, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Senior Executive Accountability (SEA) Act, H4871 [7JN]

H.R. 2787, Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow’s Health Professionals (Vet HP) Act, H7132 [24JY]

H.R. 3642, Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act, H4248 [21MY]

H.R. 3663, Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Williams VA Medical Center, Huntington, WV, H4261 [21MY]

H.R. 3832, Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act, H4250 [21MY]

H.R. 3946, Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic, Statesboro, GA, H4252 [21MY]

H.R. 4245, Veterans’ Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act, H4253 [21MY]

H.R. 4334, Improving Oversight of Women Veterans’ Care Act, H4265 [21MY]

H.R. 4335, Servicemember Family Burial Act, H3755 [7MY]

H.R. 4451, homeless veterans reintegration programs extension and eligibility for services under such programs clarification, H4263 [21MY]

H.R. 4533, Lexington VA Health Care System, Lexington, KY, and naming of campuses in honor of Franklin R. Sousley and Troy Bowling, H1081 [13FE]

H.R. 4635, Dept. of Veterans Affairs increase of number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, H5137 [13JN]

H.R. 4830, Servicemembers Improved Transition Through Reforms for Ensuring Progress (SIT-REP) Act, H4254 [21MY]

H.R. 4958, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H4258 [21MY]

H.R. 5044, Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act, H4259 [21MY]

H.R. 5215, Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act, H4256 [21MY]

H.R. 5418, Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act, H4257 [21MY]

H.R. 5538, include certain periods of active duty for suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance during periods of suspended participation in Dept. of Veterans Affairs vocational rehabilitation programs, H7133 [24JY]

H.R. 5649, Transition Improvement Act, H7135–H7137 [24JY]

H.R. 5693, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act, H7172 [25JY]

H.R. 5864, VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act, H7141 [24JY]

H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, H4905–H4924 [7JN]

H.R. 5938, Veterans Serving Veterans Act, H7142 [24JY]

H.R. 5974, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety (VA COST SAVINGS) Enhancements Act, H7144 [24JY]

H.R. 6398, Dept. of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Act, H8868 [25SE]

H.R. 6418, VA Website Accessibility Act, H10427 [20DE]

H.R. 6737, Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act, H9064 [26SE]

H.R. 7163, Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation, North Ogden, UT, H9656 [27NO]

S. 35, Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act, H3951 [15MY]

S. 324, State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act, H1513 [13MR]

S. 899, Dept. of Veterans Affairs application of requirements that Federal employees who are service-connected disabled veterans are provided leave to undergo treatment for such disabilities to Veterans Health Administration employees, S1848 [20MR]

S. 899, Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act, H6213 [16JY]

S. 925, Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act, S25 [3JA]

S. 1282, certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs clinics in Montana redesignation, H4260 [21MY]

S. 1333, Tribal HUD-VASH Act, S2884 [23MY]

S. 1873, Veteran Partners’ Efforts To Enhance Reintegration (PEER) Act, S554 [29JA]

S. 2246, Sergeant Ernest I. ‘‘Boots’’ Thomas VA Clinic, Tallahassee, FL, S1130 [14FE], H4964 [7JN]

S. 2248, Dept. of Veterans Affairs provision of headstones and markers for graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, S1321 [1MR]

S. 2248, Veterans Benefits and Transition Act, H9794–H9798 [10DE]

S. 2286, Peace Corps Reform Act, S1691–S1693 [13MR]

S. 2372, VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act, H4015–H4038 [16MY]

S. 3444, Douglas Fournet Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Lake Charles, LA, S7820 [18DE], H10428 [20DE]

S. 3479, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act, S6227–S6231, S6254–S6258 [18SE], H8754–H8758 [25SE]

S. 3777, Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act, S7795, S7821 [18DE], H10428 [20DE]

S. Con. Res. 46, correction in enrollment of H.R. 5895, energy and water development, legislative branch, and military construction and veterans’ services appropriations, S6147 [12SE], H8245 [13SE]

S. Res. 551, National GI Bill Commemoration Week, S4037 [19JN]

S. Res. 554, National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month and National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day, S4285 [20JN]