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amputations and mental illness as mandated by P L 104 262 the Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996 As a result of P L 104 262 the VA developed policy that required the baseline of capacity for...VETERANS MOBILITY SAFETY ACT Directly related to our concerns about prosthetics is the ongoing work surrounding implementation of P L 114 256 the Veterans Mobility Safety Act PVA led the charge during...
and Senator Richard Blumenthal for the passage of the Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016 This included the extension of time for the earliest post 9 11 surviving spouses to utilize...also grateful for the passage of the Department of Veteran Affairs Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016 This allows surviving spouses receiving CHAMPVA insurance benefits to apply for dental insurance...extension of the Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance SSIA and the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 until May 31 2018 Additionally we would like to thank the Office of Survivors Assistance for...
thorough in their assessment of past budgets recognizing the inadequacies facing our veterans and thus acted to add critically needed program resources VA s ability to continue fulfilling America s promises...Ensure full implementation of all VA Caregivers Law P L 111 163 provisions Extend the VA Caregivers Act to full time caregivers of catastrophically disabled veterans of conflicts before Sept 11 2001 Align...dissemination of brown and blue water Navy ship logs as they become available for veterans to apply for Agent Orange related diseases Support legislation to establish eligibility for presumptive service connection...
beginning in FY 2014 and rising to 310 in FY 2017 In the most recent FY17 National Defense Authorization Act Congress extended the payment of 310 per month to May 2018 AMRA certainly appreciates these piecemeal...serving a minimum of 20 years in the service of their country in the 2003 National Defense Authorization Act NDAA At that time Congress authorized a special compensation for military retirees injured in combat...hav ing health problems First it was diabetes type 2 and later prostate cancer both related to Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam in 1969 1970 He had devastat ing side effects from his medication for diabetes...
strengthening of numerous provisions in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act USERRA and pursuing initiatives to reduce the high rate of suicides within the National Guard My goal...support the passage of Ranking Member Tester s bill the Educational Development for Troops and Veterans Act which would ensure that deployed reserve component members would receive Post 9 11 GI Bill benefits...Strengthening and Clarifying Provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act USERRA Since 9 11 National Guardsmen have mobilized more than 780 000 times in support of the nation...
May 23, 2023
Ranking Member Jerry Moran R Kan their bipartisan Veterans Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment COLA Act of 2023 passed the U S House of Representatives and is headed to the President s desk to be signed...to pass this legislation and I look forward to it being signed into law The Senators Veterans COLA Act would increase certain VA benefits including disability compensation clothing allowances and dependency...as determined each December by the Labor Department s Bureau of Labor Statistics The Veterans COLA Act is supported by the nation s leading veterans and survivor groups including The American Legion Veterans...
September 9, 2020
Organization VSO support for S 785 the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act and the impact this legislation would have on the lives of veterans As we know from VA data 14 out...prevention legislation S 785 the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act Additionally tomorrow September 10th is Worldwide Suicide Prevention Day and this hearing is our opportunity...organization s reasons for supporting the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act becoming law and how this bill will make a meaningful impact on the lives of veterans https www veterans...
May 30, 2023
our PACT Act strengthen support for women veterans under the Deborah Sampson Act bolster mental health care services under the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act Hannon...Hannon Act as well as bolster veterans access to community care and expand VA caregiver benefits to veterans of all eras and their families under the VA MISSION Act https www veterans senate gov 2023 5 tester...
May 31, 2023
confirmation hearing Chairman pushed Deputy Secretary nominee to hold DoD accountable to veterans implement PACT Act and more Wednesday May 31 2023 U S Senate During a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing today...of the Deputy Secretary to work with DoD to implement the electronic health record transition and PACT Act implementation Tester asked You as Deputy Secretary would serve as co chair of the VA DoD Joint...so that they have PACT Act information before they ever get out of the military replied Bradsher We really need to have them identified so that they are able to understand what PACT Act is what those presumptives...
June 2, 2023
Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Newsroom Minority News Tester Braun Introduce Bipartisan CARE Act to Support Veterans Caregivers Lawmakers lead bipartisan push to make improvements to the Program of...Ind this week introduced their bipartisan Veterans Caregiver Application and Appeals Reform Act of 2023 CARE Act of 2023 to improve operation and oversight of the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for...critical assistance to our veterans who have sacrificed so much for our country said Braun The CARE Act makes improvements to the program to ensure that veterans have access to the best care possible VA...
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