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the value of the benefit for military families S 410 Shauna Hill Post 9 11 Education Transferability Act Under current law Post 9 11 GI Bill benefits may only be transferred to a spouse or child while the...passes away before using the transferred benefit The Shauna Hill Post 9 11 Education Transferability Act addresses this issue by allowing veterans to transfer unused GI Bill benefits to a family member following...should not also have to suffer the loss of earned education benefits S 798 Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act One disparity that has always puzzled us is the provision barring spouses of currently serving service...
level education and postsecondary vocational institutions S 75 Section 3 a of S 75 the Arla Harrell Act would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in consultation with the Secretary of Defense to reconsider...circumstances of service Examples include Vietnam and Korean Veterans who are presumed exposed to Agent Orange during certain time periods Veterans whose records indicate participation in World War II and...who may be confusing exposure to mustard gas or lewisite with more routine agents such as tear gas or even to placebo agents As a result all prior World War II claimants essentially would be presumed exposed...
October 18, 2023
health resources We ve improved veterans access to mental health access through the Hannon Act and the STRONG Act said Tester But recent data shows that we re not where we need to be when it comes to veterans...there and we ve got to work to undo that During the hearing s first panel the Chairman pushed DOD s Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Ashish Vazirani on the Department s efforts...women leaving the military with careers as U S Border Patrol agents through DOD s SkillBridge program with his Veterans Border Patrol Training Act The SkillBridge program allows servicemembers to gain tangible...
October 10, 2023
his bipartisan Veterans Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment COLA Act and Fiscal Year 2023 Major Medical Facility Authorization Act He is the only lawmaker in the 118th Congress to have multiple bills...
March 10, 2023
veterans The Senator championed the bipartisan bicameral VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act to increase transparency and oversight of the EHR project by requiring the VA Secretary to submit additional...law also included Tester s bipartisan Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform Act of 2021 which overhauls the planning and oversight for all large VA IT projects Chairman Tester has...
October 16, 2023
Montana and I won t stop pushing until VA fixes this critical program The Senator s Road to Access Act would require VA to automatically submit travel claims for eligible veterans receiving care at VA facilities...service connected disability rating Has a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Lacks reasonable access to the new digital claims system such as lacking a reliable telephone...travel claims or access the training videos to learn how to use the service Tester s Road to Access Act will address these issues head on ensuring qualifying veterans can use this program to access their...
June 1, 2023
package the Senator secured his bipartisan Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform Act of 2021 to increase transparency accountability and improve performance of information technology systems...beneficiary travel program The omnibus also included Tester s bipartisan Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act which includes a provision mandating a Government Accountability Office report on fraud waste and abuse...
the United States of America in Congress assembled 2 SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE 3 This Act may be cited as the Road to Access Act 4 of 2023 5 SEC 2 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF 6 VETERANS AFFAIRS BENEFICIARY...extent practicable not later than one 22 year after the date of the enactment of the Road to Access 23 Act of 2023 the Secretary shall establish a policy whereby 24 a veteran described in paragraph 2 who is...percent or more 8 B with a disability as defined in section 3 of 9 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 42 10 U S C 12102 11 C without reasonable access to the Bene 12 ficiary Travel Self Service...
BUSINESS MEETING TO CONSIDER S 1024 VETERANS APPEALS IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2017 COMMITTEE PRINT WEDNESDAY JUNE 28 2017 United States Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Washington D C The...and recommend to the United States Senate S 1024 the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act All those in favor say aye Chorus of ayes Chairman Isakson All opposed same sign No response Chairman...
February 23, 2016
Affairs Accompanied by The Honorable David J Shulkin M D Under Secretary for Health Mr Danny Pummill Acting Under Secretary for Benefits Mr Ronald E Walters Interim Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs The...
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