Committee Markup of Pending Legislation
Agenda
I) S. 3107, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010. To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2010, in 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, and for other purposes.
II) S. 3234, Veterans Employment Assistance Act of 2010 (Committee Print). To improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes.
III) S. 3325, Veterans Telehealth and other Care Improvements Act of 2010 (Committee Print). To improve the quality of health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to increase access to health care and benefits provided by the Department, to authorize major medical facility construction projects of the Department, and for other purposes.
IV) S. 3447, Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 (Committee Print). To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve educational assistance for those who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
V) S. 3517, Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010 (Committee Print). To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of claims for disability compensation filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
VI) S. 3609. A bill to extend the temporary authority for the performance of medical disability examinations by contract physicians for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
VII) An original bill -- S. ____ (Committee Print). To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance and to modify the provision of compensation and pension to surviving spouses of veterans in the months of the deaths of the veterans, and for other purposes.
Member Statements
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Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)
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Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV)
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Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
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