My previous 2 updates were excerpts from DAV Legislative Bulletin October 2011 - Uncertainty for VA Programs and Legislation Passed in the House. They were for informational purposes.
Below is the Pending Legislation section for informational purposes. One more excerpt will follow shortly.
For the more adventuresome, the entire October 2011 Legislative Bulletin is posted separately.
Al Labelle
Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans
Department of Wisconsin
Pending Legislation, to amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary andexchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents.H.R. 2148H.R. 2318, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of VeteransAffairs to increase the amount of the Medal of Honor special pension provided under that title by up to $500.H.R. 2424, to amend the Small Business Act to ensure that certain federal contracts are set aside for small businesses, to enhance services to small businesses that are disadvantaged, and for other purposes.H.R. 2433, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the employment and training of veterans, and for other purposes.H.R. 2530, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased flexibility in establishing rates for reimbursement of State homes by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for nursing home care provided to veterans.H.R. 2534, to provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment of certain Social Security, public debt, defense, veterans, and Medicare obligations.H.R. 2559, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.H.R. 2590, to ensure that seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities who receive Social Security and certain other federal benefits, as well as federal, state, and local government retirees, receive a one-time $250 payment due to there being no cost-of-living adjustment in 2011.H.R. 2646, to authorize certain Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects and leases, to extend certain expiring provisions of law, and to modify certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.H.R. 2711, to provide relief payments for non-COLA years to recipients of Social Security, supplemental security income, railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disabilitycompensation or pension benefits.H.R. 2875, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position of employment for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses, and for other purposes.H.R. 2996, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period of time in which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs presumes the service connection of certain disabilities of veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation New Dawn, and for other purposes.H.R. 3016, to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly operate the Federal Recovery Coordination Program, and for other purposes.H. Res. 376, calling for the repatriation of POW/MIAs and abductees from the Korean War.S. 1154, to require transparency for Executive departments in meeting the governmentwide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by servicedisabled veterans, and for other purposes.S. 1172, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of the appeals process under the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by improving staff conferences directed by such Court, and for other purposes.S. 1184, to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.S. 1334, to amend the Small Business Act to ensure that certain federal contracts are set aside for small businesses, to enhance services to small businesses that are disadvantaged, and for other purposes.S. 1391, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.S. 1474, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a deduction for travel expenses to medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities.
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