Agenda

UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Hearing:  Pending Health and Benefits Legislation

June 27, 2012

S. 3340 (Murray)                                 Mental Health Access to Continued Care and Enhancement of Support Services (Mental Health ACCESS) Act of 2012

S. 3336 (Inouye)                                 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project lease for a Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic at Ewa Plain, Oahu, Hawaii, and for other purposes

S. 3324 (Scott Brown)                        A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to nonprofit organizations for the construction of facilities for temporary lodging in connection with the examination, treatment, or care of a veteran under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes

S. 3316 (Toomey)                               A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate online job searches, and for other purposes

S. 3313 (Murray)                                 Women Veterans Health and Other Care Improvement Act of 2012

S. 3309 (Murray)                                 Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act of 2012

S. 3308 (Heller)                                   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the furnishing of benefits for homeless veterans who are women or who have dependents, and for other purposes

S. 3282 (Tester)                                   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education, and for other purposes

S. 3270 (Wyden / Burr)                      A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension, and for other purposes

S. 3238 (Sherrod Brown)                    A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic in Mansfield, Ohio, as the David F. Winder Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic, and for other purposes

S. 3206 (Boozman)                             A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc., and for other purposes

S. 3202 (Murray)                                 Dignified Burial of Veterans Act of 2012

S. 3084 (Burr)                                     VISN Reorganization Act of 2012

S. 3052 (Sherrod Brown)                    A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans, when such veterans electronically file claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, with notice that relevant services may be available to the veterans from veterans service organizations, and for other purposes

S. 3049 (Begich)                                 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs

S. 2320 (Ayotte)                                 Remembering America’s Forgotten Veterans Cemetery Act of 2012

S. 2259 (Tester)                                   Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012

S. 2244 (Portman)                               Veterans Missing in America Act of 2012

S. 2045 (Burr)                                     A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to reside within fifty miles of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes

S. 1849 (Franken)                               Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act

S. 1838 (Baucus)                                 A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on service dog training therapy, and for other purposes

S. 1806 (Boxer)                                   A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund

S. 1799 (Tester)                                   Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011

S. 1755 (Tester)                                   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation, and for other purposes

S. 1707 (Burr)                                     Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act

S. 1705 (Murray)                                 A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, as the "Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”

S.1631 (Tester)                                    A bill to authorize the establishment in the Department of Veterans Affairs of a center for technical assistance for non-Department health care providers who furnish care to veterans in rural areas, and for other purposes

S. 1391 (Tester)                                   A bill 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. 1264 (Feinstein)                              Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011