TAKE CARE OF AMERICA’S VETERANS ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 9237): consideration (H. Res. 1423), H4431 [14JY]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 9237), H4084 [10JN]
——— consideration (see H. Res. 1377), H4205 [23JN]
Enact (H.R. 9237): consideration (see H. Res. 1423), H4407 [13JY]
Emails
Provisions: American Legion Belleville, IL, Post 58, H4610 [16JY]
——— Paul J. Kafka, American Legion Blue Earth, MN, Post 89, H4610 [16JY]
Letters
Provisions: several organizations, H4606, H4609 [16JY]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 9237), H4613 [16JY]
Remarks in House
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assign VA physicians to temporarily serve as traveling physicians in U.S. territories and possessions, H4612 [16JY]
——— clarify inclusion of medically necessary automobile adaptations in definition of ‘‘medical services’’, H4611 [16JY]
——— establish online program through which employee may schedule appointment for covered veteran with non-Dept., health care provider under Veterans Community Care Program, H4611 [16JY]
——— expand eligibility for housing loans to members of Reserve components and National Guard who perform certain duties, H4611 [16JY]
——— furnish certain health services to veterans in Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau, H4612 [16JY]
——— improve provision of care and services under Veterans Community Care Program, H4606 [16JY]
——— increase dollar amounts for payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, H4606, H4611 [16JY]
——— make certain improvements in process for making payments to automobile sellers for automobiles purchased for certain disabled veterans, H4611 [16JY]
——— provide for electronic communication relating to educational assistance benefits, H4611 [16JY]
——— reorganize acquisition structure and establish Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, H4611 [16JY]
——— seek to enter into agreement with federally funded research and development center for assessment of notice letters sent to claimants for benefits, H4611 [16JY]
Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve benefits and services for surviving spouses who remarry, H4606 [16JY]
Enact (H.R. 9237), H4548–H4615 [16JY]
——— consideration (H. Res. 1423), H4425–H4432 [14JY]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits, H4606–H4609, H4611 [16JY]
Remarks in Senate
Enact (H.R. 9237), S4312 [29JY]
Enact (S. 4744), S2875, S2876 [17JN], S4312–S4315 [29JY]
——— unanimous-consent request, S4313, S4314, S4315 [29JY]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 9237, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1377) (H. Rept. 119–707), H4205 [23JN]
——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1423) (H. Rept. 119–749), H4407 [13JY]
Resolutions by organizations
Equal Advocacy for All Veterans and Equitable Funding of Earned Veterans’ Benefits: American Legion Dept. of Texas, H4610 [16JY]
Statements
Provisions: American Legion Trujillo-Sheets Post 28, H4610 [16JY]
——— VFW, H4428 [14JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 1423, consideration of H.R. 9237, provisions, H4425 [14JY]