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S.493: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
S.521: A bill to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to veterans.
Sponsor: Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Bill Title: Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to veterans.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
S.514: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans.
Sponsor: Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
Bill Title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
H.R.1359: To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN-02)
Bill Title: reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense.
H.R.1331: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide educational and vocational counseling for veterans on campuses of institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN-03)
Bill Title: Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide educational and vocational counseling for veterans on campuses
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
H.R.1329: To increase, effective as of December 1, 2017, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, to improve the processing of claims by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
Bill Title: December 1, 2017, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve appeals for Veterans Claims, to improve the processing of claims by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
H.R.1328: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
Bill Title: year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.