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June 10, 2021
chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee SVAC today released the following statements regarding Acting Under Secretary for Health Dr Richard Stone s resignation from his post at the Veterans Health Administration...
January 5, 2021
Facebook Twitter Minority News Home Ranking Member Minority News Tester s Historic Deborah Sampson Act Signed Into Law Tuesday January 5 2021 U S Senate Women veterans will have greater access to critical...critical care and services following the signing of U S Senator Jon Tester s historic Deborah Sampson Act into law today by the President Tester s bipartisan bill unanimously passed the Senate last month as...the country who will now have access to quality health care and benefits under the Deborah Sampson Act said Tester Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee This new law will ensure that VA...
March 24, 2022
Access to Lifesaving Breast Cancer Screening Care Senators bipartisan bicameral MAMMO for Veterans Act one step closer to becoming law Thursday March 24 2022 U S Senate Yesterday the U S Senate unanimously...for consideration The Senators Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options MAMMO for Veterans Act would require the Department of Veterans Affairs VA to develop a strategic plan to improve breast imaging...screening and care no matter where they live said Chairman Tester Our bipartisan MAMMO for Veterans Act will improve women veterans access to breast cancer screening and treatment lead to earlier detection...
States of America in Congress assembled 2 SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE 3 This Act may be cited as the Ensuring the Best 4 Schools for Veterans Act of 2022 5 2 BAG22936 31T S L C SEC 2 DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO PERCENTAGE...applicable commencing on or after the date 7 that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 8 Act 9...
October 17, 2020
historic signing of their landmark Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act into law In an effort to curb veteran suicide nationwide Tester and Moran introduced their bill last...President Trump signed into law the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act that will reform mental health care at the VA by hiring and training more professionals in this field...celebrate the landmark signing of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act into law said Kim Parrott John Scott s sister on behalf of the Hannon family This law will provide...
December 9, 2020
at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Last year Tester reintroduced his landmark Deborah Sampson Act alongside Senator John Boozman R Ark and worked with both chambers to secure provisions providing coverage...their needs and are accessible to them and their families Unanimous passage of my Deborah Sampson Act and of the entire legislative package sends a clear message that Congress is willing to come together...passing this legislation we are telling our women veterans you are not invisible The Deborah Sampson Act includes the following provisions Creates a dedicated Office of Women s Health at VA expands reintegration...
Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse SAVE LIVES Act This bipartisan law allows the Department of Veterans Affairs VA to provide COVID 19 vaccination services...of Veterans Affairs CHAMPVA recipients at no cost to them Sgt Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act This bipartisan law expands rural veterans access to mental health care It establishes three new Rural...treatment options Fiscal Year 2021 Major Medical Facility Authorization Act Veterans Compensation Cost of Living COLA Adjustment Act of 2021 This bipartisan law increases the rates of compensation for veterans...
August 12, 2021
Affairs VA for veterans and taxpayers The Senators introduced the Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021 this week to provide VA s Office of Inspector General OIG the authority to subpoena testimony...receiving care of the best quality because it s what they deserve The Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act will allow the VA Inspector General to administer more thorough investigations and reviews into allegations...and the VA said Senator Manchin Among its many provisions the Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act will Provide the VA Inspector General the authority to subpoena testimony from relevant individuals...
February 7, 2022
were forced to retire before 20 years of service due to their injuries through the Major Richard Star Act said the Fleet Reserve Association s National President James Campbell Reducing these retirees Defense...claims are being denied That is why our Association supports the Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act Senator Tester s landmark legislation to offer Post 9 11 combat veterans including those suffering...advocates Tester has championed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act the expansion of benefits and care for those exposed to Agent Orange and remains dedicated to identifying a path forward for outstanding...
July 30, 2019
of Veterans Affairs VA The Senators today introduced the Department of Veterans Affairs IT Reform Act that holds VA accountable by increasing transparency into proposed and current IT spending on critical...areas of the annual Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act FITARA scorecard The Department of Veterans Affairs IT Reform Act addresses these shortcomings by Requiring VA to improve their IT budgeting...projects and improving the accuracy and detail of the annual President s Budget request Prompting VA to act expeditiously with OMB s Data Center Consolidation Initiative improving VA s FITARA compliance Instituting...
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