Federal House Bills for Veterans as of 021516

FEDERAL HOUSE BILLS 114^th Congress

H.R.2 : Latest Title: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.  Related Bills: H.RES.173, H.R.284, H.R.289, H.R.380, H.R.663, H.R.804, H.R.1021, H.R.1372, H.R.1470, S.148, S.332, S.810.  Latest Major Action: 3/25/2015 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 173 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions.  Measure will be considered read.  Bill is closed to amendments. 3/26/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 392 - 37 (Roll no. 144).  3/26/2015 Received in the Senate.   4/14/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 92 - 8. Record Vote Number: 144. 4/15/2015 Message on Senate action sent to the House.  4/16/2015 Signed by the President.  4/16/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-010 [Text, PDF] [ See: http://patriotpost.us/articles/34643 ]

H.R.20 : Latest Title: Government By the People Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 1/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 1/23/2015:Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

H.R.22 : Hire More Heroes Act of 2015. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  Related bill: S 12.  Latest Major Action: 1/6/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 0 (Roll no. 7).  1/8/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 2/12/2015 Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. With written report No. 114-3.  2/12/2015 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 19.  7/30/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 65 - 34. Record Vote Number: 260. The bill eventually became part of part H.R. 3236, the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, which was signed into law.

H.R.44 : Latest Title: Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act.  Latest Major Action: 3/2/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

H.R.76 : Enhance Vet Hiring Tax Credit.  A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to encourage private employers to hire veterans, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the reasonable efforts an employer may make under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act with respect to hiring veterans, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/6/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.90 : GAO Review of Budget Requests for VA Medical Care.  A bill to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct reviews of certain budget requests of the President for the medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 1/6/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 2/12/2015: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H990).

H.R.91 :  VA ID Cards.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans.  Latest Major Action: 1/6/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  5/19/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  6/22/2015 Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.  6/22/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.  7/7/2015 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 391). 7/9/2015 Presented to President.  7/20/2015 Signed by President.  7/20/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-31 [GPO: Text, PDF] [See: https://buchanan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/momentum-builds-buchanan-s-vets-id-card-act ]

H.R.124 : Latest Title: To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.  Latest Major Action: 1/6/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.145 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the work opportunity tax credit and to allow the transfer of such credit in the case of contracted veterans.  Latest Major Action: 1/6/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.203 :  VA Mental Health Programs Evaluations.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: S.167.  Latest Major Action: 1/7/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  1/12/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 403 - 0 (Roll no. 17).  1/21/2015 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson without amendment. Without written report.  1/21/2015 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 6.  2/3/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 50. 2/11/2015 Presented to President.  2/12/2015 Signed by President.   Note: H.R.203 became Public Law 114-2 on 2/12/2015.  [Senate Sends Veterans’ Suicide Prevention Bill to President - This week (ending 020615), the Senate unanimously passed the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act and sent it on to President Obama to sign into law. The bill establishes an annual third-party evaluation of the VA’s mental health care and suicide prevention programs, promotes greater collaboration with community mental health resources, and creates a pilot program to attract and retain department psychiatrists. The bill is also designed to combat veteran suicide by improving the quality of care at VA facilities and creating a strong base for future mental health initiatives. FRA, along with other veterans service organizations, has been advocating for quick passage. The bill was introduced in the House on January 7, 2015 and passed the House on January 15, 2015. “This bill had many advocates—none more important than Clay Hunt’s parents—who fought tirelessly to shepherd this legislation through both houses of Congress. Today, we commend them for their work in this effort, and call on President Obama to sign this important bill into law without delay,” said Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.  Source: FRA NewsBytes February 6 2015]  [See: http://action.fra.org/home/ned-attends-bill-signing-ceremony/ ]  [See: AMVETS Magazine Spring 2015, p. 26 for report on Clay Hunt SAV Act at http://pubs.royle.com/publication/?m=21771&l=1 ]

H.R.216 :  Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act.  VA Chief Strategy Officer Position and Duties.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a Future-Years Veterans Program and a quadrennial veterans review, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Chief Strategy Officer, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/23/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-48.  3/24/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 420 - 0 (Roll no. 134).   3/25/2015 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via MOAA’s Action Network at http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/bills/?bill=64029741

H.R.218 :  CHAMPVA Children’s Protection Act (Eligibility Age).  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program. Related bill: S 170.  Latest Major Action: 1/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via MOAA’s Action Network at http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/bills/?bill=64029851

H.R.220 :  CHAMPVA Child Eligibility Age.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program.  Related bill: S 170. Latest Major Action: 1/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.240 : Latest Title: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015.  Related Bills: H.RES.27, H.R.861, S.272. Latest Major Action: 1/9/2015 Introduced in House.  1/14/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 236 - 191 (Roll no. 35).  2/27/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 31. Record Vote Number: 62.  3/3/2015 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 257 - 167 (Roll no. 109).  3/4/2015 Presented to President.  3/4/2015 Signed by President.   3/4/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-004 [Text, PDF] Toomey and Casey both voted yea.

H.R.245 :  VA Claim Effective Dates.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify certain existing provisions of law relating to effective dates for claims under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 1/27/2015: Committee Hearings Held.

H.R.252 :  Low-Income Vet Housing Assistance.  A bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans.  Latest Major Action: 1/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.260 :  Vet Renewable Energy Hire Tax Credit.  A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the work opportunity tax credit with respect to the hiring of veterans in the field of renewable energy.  Latest Major Action: 1/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.271 :  Establish VA Mental Illness Commission.   A bill to establish a commission to examine the evidence-based therapy treatment model used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for treating mental illnesses of veterans and the potential benefits of incorporating complementary alternative treatments available in non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities within the community.  Latest Major Action: 1/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015:Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  [Bill requires revision - See: http://www.vva.org/testimony/2015/042315.pdf ]

H.R.272 :   MOH Recipient VA Enrollment Priority.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the priority for enrollment of medal of honor recipients in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.280 :  VA Bonus Employee Recoupment.  A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recoup bonuses and awards paid to employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 1/12/2015 Introduced in House.  1/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 3/2/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-32, Part I.  3/2/2015 Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.  3/2/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.  3/3/2015 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. [The VFW proudly endorsed this measure, and Deputy Legislative Director Aleks Morosky testified in their support before the House Veterans Affairs Committee on January 27, 2015. To read Morosky’s testimony in its entirety, click here: http://veterans.house.gov/witness-testimony/mr-aleks-morosky ]

H.R.288 : Veterans Medical Access Act.   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.  Related Bills:  S.171.  Latest Major Action: 1/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.292 : Latest Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases.  Latest Major Action: 1/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 1/16/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.294 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of veterans to non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently.  Latest Major Action: 1/13/2015 Introduced in House.  1/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  3/2/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-35.  3/2/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 0 (Roll no. 107).  3/3/2015 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  [The VFW proudly endorsed this measure, and Deputy Legislative Director Aleks Morosky testified in their support before the House Veterans Affairs Committee on January 27, 2015. To read Morosky’s testimony in its entirety, click here: http://veterans.house.gov/witness-testimony/mr-aleks-morosky ]

H.R.303 : Retired Pay Restoration Act.  Latest Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or combat-related special compensation.  Latest Major Action: 1/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  [NAUS supports Rep. Gus Bilirakis’s introduction of this bill.]  [MOAA supports this bill.]  6/24/2015 Hearings held.  To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via MOAA’s or DAV’s Action Networks at http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/bills/?bill=64031751  or DAV’s  https://www.votervoice.net/link/target/dav/4QGqKF3zG.aspx

H.R.313 :  Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015.   A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide leave to any new Federal employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability, and for other purposes.  Related Bills:  S.242. Latest Major Action: 1/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 1/27/2015: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 1/27/2015: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.  6/25/2015 Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-180. 9/28/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. 10/26/2015 Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. 10/26/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. 10/28/2015 Presented to President. 11/5/2015 Signed by President. 11/5/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-075 [Text, PDF].

H.R.314 : Latest Title: Notch Fairness Act of 2015.  Related Bills: S.99.  Latest Major Action: 1/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.315 :  Filipino Veterans Promise Act.    A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List, and for other purposes. Related bill: S 151.  Latest Major Action: 1/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.333 : Latest Title: Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act.  To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes.   Latest Major Action: 1/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  [NAUS supports Rep. Bishop’s introduction of this bill.] [See: http://www.fra.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=17049 ] To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via MOAA’s Action Network at http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/bills/?bill=64031751

H.R.342 :  Commissary/Exchange Eligibility Extension.   A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges, without time-period limitation, to members of the Armed Forces who are involuntarily separated with a service-connected disability and also to extend such privileges to their dependents.  Latest Major Action: 1/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.344 :  Vet Manufacturing Position Employment Pilot Program.  A bill to provide for the establishment of a pilot program to encourage the employment of veterans in manufacturing positions.  Latest Major Action: 1/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

H.R.353 : Veterans' Access to Hearing Health Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.356 :  Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act.   A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and publish an action plan for improving the vocational rehabilitation services and assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 1/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

H.R.359 :   Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act.    A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy.  Latest Major Action: 1/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.366 :  VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011.  To reauthorize the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, to provide assistance to small businesses owned by veterans, to improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 2/5/2015:Referred to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. 2/6/2015:Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 2/19/2015:Referred to the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

H.R.388 : Latest Title: Wounded Veterans Recreation Act.  Latest Major Action: 1/14/2015: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  1/14/2015: Referred to House Natural Resources.  1/14/2015: Referred to House Agriculture.  1/26/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. 3/2/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

H.R.421 : Classified Veterans Access to Care Act.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the mental health treatment provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who served in classified missions.  Latest Major Action: 1/20/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.423 : Latest Title: Newborn Care Improvement Act.  Latest Major Action: 2/6/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.454 : Latest Title: Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act.  Latest Major Action: 1/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.  [See: http://action.fra.org/latest-news/fras-full-months-retired-pay-bill-introduced/ and http://amra1973.org/data/files/Military%20Retiree%20Surivor%20Comfort%20Act%2014apr2015.pdf ]

H.R.456 : Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. Latest Major Action: 4/16/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .  To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via MOAA’s Action Network.  http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/bills/?bill=66024636

H.R.473 :  VA Accountability to Veterans Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Latest Major Action: 1/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 2/6/2015: Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 3/24/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.  [See: http://www.govexec.com/defense/2015/04/panel-approves-bill-allowing-va-secretary-claw-back-pension-benefits-misbehaving-feds/110350/ ]

H.R.474 :  Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2015.  A bill to o amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension to the homeless veterans reintegration programs and to provide clarification regarding eligibility for services under such programs. Related bill: S 425. Latest Major Action: 1/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 3/24/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.  5/19/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.475 :  GI Bill Processing Improvement Act of 2015A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to educational assistance, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 3/24/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.476 :   GI Bill Education Quality Enhancement Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the process of approving courses of education pursued using educational benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 3/24/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.483 :   Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2015.  A bill to exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas and for other purposes.  Related bill: S. 733.  Latest Major Action: 1/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2/19/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

H.R.501 : Veterans and Servicemembers Employment Rights and Housing Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 1/22/2015: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  1/22/2015: Referred to House Judiciary.   2/19/2015: Referred to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  4/29/2015: Referred to the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.  [See: AMVETS Magazine Spring 2015, p. 42, at http://pubs.royle.com/publication/?m=21771&l=1 ]

H.R.502 :  Increasing VA Accountability to Veterans Act of 2015.  A bill to establish a pilot program to improve the management and accountability within the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to provide oversight of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 2/6/2015: Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.517 :  VA Claim Appeal Backlog Task Force.  To establish a task force to evaluate the backlog of appeals to claims submitted to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 1/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs .  2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.535 :  WWII Filipino Vet Congressional gold medal.  A bill to award a Congressional gold medal, collectively, to the Filipino Veterans of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.  Latest Major Action: 1/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.563 :  VA Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.  Latest Major Action: 1/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  [NAUS has consistently supported similar legislation to honor the service of these brave men who served in the ocean-going Merchant Marine Fleet.  We have witnessed House of Representatives passage of legislation in two prior Congresses only to see the measure die in the Senate through inaction, like so many other veterans issues over the past several years.]

H.R.571 :  VA Whistleblower Treatment.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of whistleblower complaints by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Related bills: HR 1129 and S 788.  Latest Major Action: 1/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 2/6/2015: Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. 2/6/2015: Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 3/13/2015: House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.  3/19/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held. 5/21/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.  [See testimony on 3/19/15 at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/60101545 ]

H.R.572 :  VA Non-Department Vet Care.   A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use existing authorities to furnish health care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who live more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department that furnishes the care sought by the veteran, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.577 :  VA Non-Department Vet Care.   A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use existing authorities to furnish health care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who live more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department that furnishes the care sought by the veteran.  Latest Major Action: 1/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.589 : Latest Title: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act.  Latest Major Action: 1/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.593 :  VAMC Aurora CO Construction Authorization.   A bill to extend the authorization for the construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, and to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to manage such construction.  Related Bills:  S.285.  Latest Major Action: 1/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  [See testimony on 3/19/15 at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/60101545 ]

H.R.607 :  VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 Extension.  A bill to amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.621 :  SECVA Grant Authority.  To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants with minority serving institutions for the purpose of establishing verified delivery systems to address social and academic problems facing veterans enrolled at such institutions, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

H.R.627 :  Homeless Vet Definition Expansion.  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.  Latest Major Action: 1/30/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  [See: http://www.vva.org/testimony/2015/042315.pdf ]

H.R.643 :  Survey of VA Educational Assistance Use.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of individuals who have used or are using their entitlement to educational assistance under the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 2/2/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.  3/24/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.653 : Latest Title: FOIA Act.  Related Bills: S.337.  Latest Major Action: 2/2/2015 Introduced in House.  1/7/2016 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-391.  1/7/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 294.  House Reports: 114-391.

H.R.658 :  VA Regional Office Accountability Act.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on the performance of the regional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 2/2/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. . 2/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.667 :  Authorize VA to Advise Vets Regarding State Marijuana Programs Participation.   A bill to authorize Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs.  Latest Major Action: 2/3/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.675 : Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015.  A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2015, 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.  Latest Major Action: 2/3/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  5/21/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

H.R.677 : VA Automatic COLA Compensation Adjustments for Disability/DIC.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans.  Latest Major Action: 2/3/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  5/14/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . 2/1/2016 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-405. 2/9/2016 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.  2/10/2016 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.711 : Latest Title: Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 2/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.748 :   VA Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program Expansion.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide additional educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain eligible individuals.  Latest Major Action: 2/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/20/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

H.R.757 : Latest Title: North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 2/5/2015 Introduced in House.  1/11/2016 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 114-392, Part I.  1/11/2016 Committee on Ways and Means discharged. 1/11/2016 Committee on the Judiciary discharged. 1/11/2016 Committee on Financial Services discharged.  1/11/2016 Committee on Oversight and Government discharged. 1/12/2016 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 - 2 (Roll no. 43). 2/2/2016 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. 2/10/2016 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 0. Record Vote Number: 20. 2/12/2016 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 2 (Roll no. 82). 2/12/2016 Presented to President.

H.R.763 :   VA Vet Choice Pilot Program.   A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and medical services at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 2/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/20/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.800 :   VA Alternative Appeals Process Pilot Program.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide veterans the option of using an alternative appeals process to more quickly determine claims for disability compensation.  [The bill would authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a five-year pilot program, creating an alternate appeals option for appellants. It would provide appellants with an option to have their appeals sent directly to the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) bypassing some Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA)appeal processing procedures. This pilot could save veterans, their dependents and survivors roughly 1,000 days of appeal processing.  H.R. 800 allows appellants to supply any additional evidence and supporting documents when filing their Notice of Disagreement to start their appeal for BVA review. Evidence submitted after voluntarily opting into the program would result in discontinuance of the program and the appellant would revert back to the standard appeal process. If BVA procures any additional evidence, an appellant (and/or the appellant's representative) would receive copies of this evidence and be given time to respond with additional evidence.  DAV supports this bill, with several recommended changes, which the sponsor of the legislation is in agreement, including: •Establish comprehensive VBA reporting requirements to evaluate the pilot program; •Preserve and strengthen the Decision Review Officer review option; and •Ensure appellants receive proper and adequate information to make a well informed decision before making a voluntary election to entry this pilot.]  Latest Major Action: 2/5/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  2/20/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  4/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.  7/9/2015: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  7/9/2015: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via DAV’s Action Network at http://w11.zetaboards.com/CFLNewsChat/topic/11105579/1

H.R.802 :  TRICARE Chiropractic Health Care Services Plan.  A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits for certain new beneficiaries as part of the TRICARE program.  Latest Major Action: 2/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.868 :  TRICARE Program/ Health Savings Account Coordination.   To provide for coordination between the TRICARE program and eligibility for making contributions to a health savings account, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: S.448.  Latest Major Action: 2/11/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.914 :  VA/DoD Federal Recovery Coordination Program Operation.   A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly operate the Federal Recovery Coordination Program, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 2/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.915 : Voices for Veterans Act.  A bill to To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual and veterans who are transgender.  Latest Major Action: 2/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.926 :  Vet Guide Dogs.    A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of guide dogs to veterans blinded by a service-connected injury.  Latest Major Action: 2/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.941 :  Non-VA Department Health Care.  A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend the requirement of the Secretary to furnish hospital care and medical services through non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to veterans residing in certain locations.  Latest Major Action: 2/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.969 :  Vietnam Agent Orange Exposure Amendment.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes. Related bill S. 681. Latest Major Action: 2/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  3/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. [NAUS is pleased to endorse HR 969, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, legislation that would extend coverage and associated benefits with Agent Orange exposure to an additional group of Vietnam Veterans.  HR 969, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, would allow blue water veterans who served up to 12 miles off-shore in Vietnam presumptive coverage for Agent Orange exposure.  Vietnam veterans who served off-shore were also exposed to these toxic chemicals.  HR 969 would enable eligible veterans to receive Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits if they suffer from any of the diseases the U.S. Government has linked to Agent Orange.  NAUS supports this measure to ensure that our nation's veterans receive the benefits they earned serving our nation.  This responsibility is even more profound when the illnesses from which they are suffering are linked directly to their service.] [See: http://action.fra.org/latest-news/agent-orangeblue-water-navy-bill-introduced/ ]  To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via the FRA or NAUS Action Networks http://capwiz.com/naus/home and http://capwiz.com/fra/issues/alert/?alertid=64151566&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]

H.R.992 :   Disabled Vet Transportation Security Administration's PreCheck program.   A bill to waive the application fee for veterans with a service-connected disability rated at 50 percent or more who apply to participate in the Transportation Security Administration's PreCheck program, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 2/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  3/6/2015: Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  3/12/2015: Referred to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security.

H.R.993 :  Vet Independent Living Services and Assistance Limit.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the limitation on the number of veterans authorized to be enrolled in programs of independent living services and assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 2/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 3/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.997 : Latest Title: English Language Unity Act of 2015.  Related Bills: S.678. Latest Major Action: 3/16/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

H.R.1015 : Latest Title: Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 3/13/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.  4/21/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote . [See testimony on 3/19/15 at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/60101545 ]

H.R.1016 :  VA Standard Identification Protocol.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adopt and implement a standard identification protocol for use in the tracking and procurement of biological implants by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Latest Major Action: 2/20/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  [See testimony on 3/19/15 at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/60101545 ]

H.R.1017 :  VA Information Security Improvement.  To improve the information security of the Department of Veterans Affairs by directing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain actions to improve the transparency and the governance of the information security program of the Department, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 2/20/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  3/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 3/13/2015: Subcommittee on Health Discharged. 3/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. 3/19/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.  [See testimony on 3/19/15 at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/60101545 ]

H.R.1038 : Latest Title: Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act.  Latest Major Action(s): 2/24/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  3/6/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.  3/24/2015 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  4/16/2015 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  4/16/2015 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .  5/18/2015 4:11pm Mr. Wenstrup moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.  5/18/2015 4:11pm Considered under suspension of the rules.  5/18/2015 4:11pm DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1038.  5/18/2015 4:18pm On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.  5/18/2015 4:18pm Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 5/18/2015 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.  Latest Action: 5/18/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  Latest Major Action: 5/19/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1067 : U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Reform Act.  Latest Major Action: 5/14/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

H.R.1096 :   Clarify VA Reimbursable Mileage Computation.  To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to clarify the distance requirements regarding the eligibility of certain veterans to receive medical care and services from non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.  Latest Major Action: 2/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1126 : Latest Title: Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 8/13/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

H.R.1127 :  VA Vet Nursing Home Grants.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain grants to assist nursing homes for veterans located on tribal lands.  Latest Major Action: 2/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1128 :  Department of Veterans Affairs Cyber Security Protection Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the information security of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 2/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. .  3/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. 3/19/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.  [See testimony on 3/19/15 at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/60101545 ]

H.R.1129 :  Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within the Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of Whistleblower and Patient Protection. Related bills: HR 571 and S 788.  Latest Major Action: 2/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. 3/19/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.   [See testimony on 3/19/15 at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/60101545 ]

H.R.1133 :  FCU Vet Business Loans.  To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan.  Latest Major Action: 2/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R.1134 :  Access to Timely Information Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the submission of information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress.  Latest Major Action: 2/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

H.R.1141 :  GI Bill Fairness Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to consider certain time spent by members of reserve components of the Armed Forces while receiving medical care from the Secretary of Defense as active duty for purposes of eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 2/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via MOAA’s Action Network  http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/bills/?bill=66029626

H.R.1170 : Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act.  A bill to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services.  Latest Major Action: 2/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1076 : Latest Title: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015. “Right now federal law prohibits nine categories of dangerous persons from purchasing or possessing firearms. Remarkably, persons on the terrorist watch lists are not among these prohibited purchasers. After 9/11, it makes no sense that the federal government cannot stop gun sales to suspected terrorists. My legislation closes this glaring gap in federal background checks,” according to the bill sponsor. Related Bills: H.R.368, S.551. Latest Major Action: 2/25/2015: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.  3/31/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. 12/7/2015 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Thompson (CA). Petition No: 114-3. Note: On 12/7/2015, a motion was filed to discharge the Committee on the Judiciary from the consideration of H.R. 1076. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 114-3: text with signatures.)

H.R.1183 : Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain burial benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 2/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 3/13/2015: Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 3/23/2015: Referred to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

H.R.1187 :  VA Home Loan Limits.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 2/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.  3/24/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.1191 : Latest Title: Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. Related Bills: H.R.33, S.420, S.615, S.625.  Latest Major Action: 5/7/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 1. Record Vote Number: 174. Latest Action: 5/7/2015 Message on Senate action sent to the House.

H.R.1222 : Gold Star Fathers Act.  Latest Major Action: 3/3/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R.1227 :   DoD Guard/Vet Job Placement Assistance Pilot Program.   A bill to authorize a pilot program in the Department of Defense to enhance efforts to provide job placement assistance and related employment services directly to members of the National Guard and Reserves and veterans of the Armed Forces.  Latest Major Action: 3/3/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  3/13/2015: Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

H.R.1288 : Latest Title: World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act.  Latest Major Action: 3/19/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.1292 :  Commissary/Exchange Privileges for non-Retiree Disabled Vets.    A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents.  Latest Major Action: 3/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.  [Note: FRA opposes this bill.  Veterans who receive a DoD disability rating of at least 30 percent are given a retirement and already have access to commissaries and exchange stores.  These benefits should be reserved for those currently serving  and those who are retired.]

H.R.1302 :   VARO Deadlines for Certification of Certain Forms.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a deadline for the certification of certain forms by regional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 3/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/19/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 6/24/2015 Hearings held. 7/9/2015 Markup of bill. 

H.R.1313 :  DVA Small Business Contracting Goals and Preferences.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the treatment of certain small business concerns for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs contracting goals and preferences.  Latest Major Action: 3/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  3/19/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 3/24/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.  5/19/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1314 : Latest Title: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.   Related Bills: H.RES.305, H.RES.495, H.R.1890, H.R.1892, H.R.2146, S.995, S.1003, S.1005, S.1268, S.2211.  Latest Major Action:  3/4/2015 Introduced in House.  4/13/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-67. 4/15/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.  5/22/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 62 - 37. Record Vote Number: 193.  10/28/2015 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 266 - 167 (Roll No. 579).  10/30/2015 Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1314 by Yea-Nay Vote. 64 - 35. Record Vote Number: 294. 11/2/2015 Presented to President.  11/2/2015 Signed by President.  11/2/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-74 [GPO: Text, PDF].  House Reports:  114-67.

H.R.1316 :  Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2015.  A bill to provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: S.670.  Latest Major Action: 3/19/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.1319 :  VA Annual Survey of Vet Health Care Experiences.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/27/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1331 :   Improve Treatment of non-VA Medical Evidence for Claims.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/19/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.1338 :   VA Study on Unclaimed Vet Remains.   A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on matters relating to the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries, and for other purposes.  Related Bills:  S.695. Latest Major Action: 3/6/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/19/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 6/24/2015 Hearings held. 7/9/2015 Markup of bill. 11/17/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  House Reports: 114-312.

H.R.1356 : Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015.  A bill to improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/19/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.1357 : Veterans Beneficiary Fraud Enforcement Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the designation of certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees as beneficiaries under Veterans' Group Life Insurance, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/27/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.1369 : Veterans Access to Extended Care Act of 2015.  A bill to modify the treatment of agreements entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish nursing home care, adult day health care, or other extended care services, and for other purposes.  Related Bills:  S.739.  Latest Major Action: 3/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 3/27/2015: Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health.  [See: http://www.vva.org/testimony/2015/042315.pdf ]

H.R.1379 :  Authorize BVA to Develop Appeal Case Evidence.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Board of Veterans' Appeals to develop evidence in appeal cases, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/27/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  7/9/2015 Markup of bill.

H.R.1380 :  Veteran Status Medallion Eligibility.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for a medallion furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to signify the veteran status of a deceased individual.  Latest Major Action: 3/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/27/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 6/24/2015 Hearings held.  7/9/2015 Markup of bill.

H.R.1382 : Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment (BRAVE) Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give a preference to offerors that employ veterans.  Latest Major Action: 3/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/23/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.  3/24/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held. 5/18/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 0 (Roll no. 242).  5/19/2015 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1384 : Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.  Latest Major Action: 3/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/27/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  6/24/2015 Hearings held. 7/9/2015 Markup of bill. 11/16/2015 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 628).  11/16/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 11/17/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  House Reports: 114-302. [MOAA supports this bill.]

H.R.1399 : Veteran Education Empowerment Act.  A bill to reauthorize and improve a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, improving, and operating Veteran Student Centers.   Latest Major Action: 3/17/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

H.R.1414 : Pay As You Rate Act.  A bill to direct the Secretary to make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/17/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/27/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  [See: http://www.legion.org/legislative/226821/legion-claims-appeals-court-should-add-judges ]

H.R.1427 : Latest Title: Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015.   Related Bills: S.804.  Latest Major Action: 3/20/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1475 :   Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance.  A bill to authorize a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund that Wall of Remembrance.  Latest Major Action: 3/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

H.R.1496 :   Veteran Child Care Access at VA Facilities.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 3/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1500 : Latest Title: To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence.  Latest Major Action: 3/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.1505 :  National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass.  A bill to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans.  Latest Major Action: 3/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 4/7/2015: Referred to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

H.R.1509 : Reinstate Draft.  A bill to amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the reinstatement of the draft whenever an authorization on the use of military force or declaration of war is in effect and to provide for the registration of women with the Selective Service System, and for other purposes.  Latest Action: 03/19/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. 

H.R.1512 :  Annual American World War II City Designation.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City", and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.1526 : Latest Title: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 3/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.1532 :  VA Vet Choice Distance Amendment.  A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to modify the distance requirements regarding the eligibility of certain veterans to receive medical care and services from non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1543 :   VA Project FY 2015 Authority.  A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility projects for which appropriations were made for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.  Related Bills:  S.833.  Latest Major Action: 3/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1556 : Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 3/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.1557 : Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 3/25/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

H.R.1569 :   Deceased Vet Estate Accrued Benefits.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/24/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.1570 : Medicaid and CHIP Territory Transparency and Information Act.  Latest Major Action: 3/24/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.1572 : Boycott Our Enemies not Israel Act.  Latest Major Action: 3/24/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.1575 :   Women Vet Counseling Pilot Program.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces.  Latest Major Action: 3/24/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. [See: http://www.vva.org/testimony/2015/042315.pdf ]

H.R.1581 : Veterans Education Tax Security Act of 2015' or the `VETS Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 3/24/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.1594 : Latest Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation.  Latest Major Action: 3/24/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. 8/13/2015 Referred to the HASC Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  [See: http://www.moaa.org/Main_Menu/Take_Action/Top_Issues/Survivors/New_Bill_for_Military_Survivors.html ] To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via MOAA’s Action Network  http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/bills/?bill=64926801

H.R.1596 : -- Private Bill; To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Special Forces Command Sergeant Major Ramon Rodriguez of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.  Latest Major Action: 3/24/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.1598 :  Amend the Definition of the VA Term "Spouse".   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to amend the definition of the term "spouse" to recognize new State definitions of such term for the purpose of the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 3/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.1599 : Latest Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food produced from, containing, or consisting of a bioengineered organism, the labeling of natural foods, and for other purposes.  [Bill would keep Americans in the dark as to whether our foods contain potentially unsafe GMOs that put our children at risk. HR 1599 would kill all mandatory GMO labeling efforts at both the state and federal level once and for all. Why are Monsanto and their Big Food cronies so afraid of mandatory GMO labeling? Should America trust Gerber with our babies? We sent a Gerber baby snack food to the lab to find out. Read the full report at: http://www.gmofreeusa.org/food-testing/gerber-lil-crunchies/ .]  [See also: http://naturalsociety.com/bill-ban-gmo-labeling-for-good-3/ .]  [See also: http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=17881 and https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/letter-chairman-and-ranking-member-us-senate-committee-agriculture-demanding-mandatory-labeling ].  Latest Major Action: 3/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  4/8/2015: Referred to the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. 7/16/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 114-208, Part I. 7/21/2015 Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Agriculture, H. Rept. 114-208, Part II. 7/23/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 275 - 150 (Roll no. 462). 7/24/2015 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

H.R.1603 :  Expand VA Choice Act Care to Include Military Sexual Assault.  A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault.  Latest Major Action: 3/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1604 :  Expand VA Choice Act Care to Include Mental Health Care.  To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand the eligibility of veterans to receive mental health care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.  Related Bills: S.841.  Latest Major Action: 3/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1607 :  Improve VA disability Compensation Evaluation Procedure.  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 mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via MOAA’s Action Network http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/bills/?bill=66054636

H.R.1614 - To modify and extend the National Guard State Partnership Program. Related bills: S. 1126. Latest Action: 03/25/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.1618 : Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 3/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

H.R.1628 : Veterans Pain Management Improvement Act.  Latest Major Action: 4/7/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1629 :   Establish VA VISN Pain Management Boards.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in each Veterans Integrated Service Network a pain management board.  Latest Major Action: 3/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1645 : Transportation for Elderly and Disabled Individuals Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 3/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

H.R.1653 : Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 3/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.1681 :   Administration of  VA Facility Construction Project’s.  A bill to extend the authorization for the major medical facility project to replace the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to manage the construction of such project, to transfer the authority to carry out future major medical facility projects of the Department from the Secretary to the Army Corps of Engineers, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 3/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 4/7/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

H.R.1688 :  Expand VA Choice Act Care to Include   A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry.  Latest Major Action: 3/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.1691 : No Federal Funds Without the American Flag Act.  Latest Major Action: 3/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

H.R.1694 : Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 3/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  11/17/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 285 - 138 (Roll no. 631). 11/18/2015 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

H.R.1735 : Latest Title: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: H.RES.255, H.RES.260, H.R.2026, H.R.2055, H.R.2133, S. 1356. Latest Major Action: 4/13/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.  4/16/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities. 4/16/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness.  4/16/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces. 4/16/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  4/16/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.  4/16/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.  4/22/2015: House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  4/22/2015: Forwarded by House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities to Full Committee by Voice Vote .  4/22/2015: House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  4/22/2015: Forwarded by House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness to Full Committee by Voice Vote .  4/23/2015: House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  4/23/2015: Forwarded by House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces to Full Committee by Voice Vote .  4/23/2015: House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  4/23/2015: Forwarded by House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel to Full Committee by Voice Vote .  4/23/2015: House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  4/23/2015: Forwarded by House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .  4/23/2015: House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  4/23/2015: Forwarded by House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .  4/29/2015: House Committee on Armed Services Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  4/30/2015: House Committee on Armed Services Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  4/30/2015: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 60 - 2. 5/15/2015 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 269 - 151 (Roll no. 239).  5/15/2015 The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1735. House Reports:  114-102, 114-102 Part 2. 5/21/2015 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 99.  6/18/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 71 - 25. Record Vote Number: 215  9/29/2015 Conference report H. Rept. 114-270 filed.  10/1/2015 Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 270 - 156 (Roll no. 532). 10/7/2015 Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 70 - 27. Record Vote Number: 277.  10/21/2015 Presented to President.

10/22/2015 Vetoed by President. [See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCAXFvrhDTo ] [See also: http://consumerist.com/2015/05/13/legislators-once-again-trying-to-delay-new-lending-protections-for-military-personnel/ ]  [See also: http://www.vfw.org/News-and-Events/Articles/2015-Articles/VFW-Against-Privatizing-Commissaries/ ]  [The $612 billion bill includes $89 billion for war-related activities, also known as overseas contingency operations, or OCO.  $38 billion of that latter figure is for base budget-related operation and maintenance.  The funding shift to the OCO account, which is exempt from federal spending caps, fully funds defense at President Obama’s requested level without relying on the President to agree to entitlement reforms.  President Obama vowed Wednesday to veto the annual defense policy bill demanding an increase in non-defense spending and escalating a clash over mandatory spending caps.  The President objects to the use of OCO funds to end-run spending limits under sequestration caps.  The defense bill calls for a 1.3-percent pay raise for military members, slower growth in basic allowances for housing (BAH) so troops pay 5 percent of the costs by 2019, overhauling the retirement system to include a 401(k)-like benefit in 2018, higher TRICARE pharmacy co-pays for retirees, and letting commanders authorize troops to carry firearms on U.S. bases, among other provisions.  A vote in the Senate on the conference report is expected next week.  As expected, the NDAA would overhaul the military retirement system by offering troops a 401(k)-like plan with full vesting after just two years of service and matching contributions of up to 5 percent of basic pay after four years of service.  Under the military's existing defined-benefit plan, most officers and enlisted personnel who serve 20 years receive annual retirement pay equal to half of their average basic pay over their last three years of service. The legislation would reduce that figure from 50 percent to 40 percent, in part to fund a 401(k)-like defined-contribution Thrift Savings Plan for the more than eight in 10 service members who leave the military without getting any retirement benefit.  The so-called blended retirement plan would also let a service member take part of his retirement pay as a lump-sum payment after 12 years of service and after 20 years. The overhaul wouldn't take effect until 2018 "to allow DoD and relevant stakeholders time for implementation," the summary states.  Unfortunately the bill also includes a troop pay raise of only 1.3 percent rather than 2.3 percent for next year.  The Pentagon proposed the lower figure, which compares to a 1 percent bump in basic pay service members received the past two years. But it's less than the 2.3 percent estimated increase in private-sector wage growth (Employment Cost Index), which military pay is supposed to track by law.  Lawmakers rejected proposals to overhaul the military commissary system and ordered the Defense Commissary Agency to plan for making the system self-funded by 2018.  They asked officials to submit a report by March 1 on how the commissary, which receives $1.4 billion a year in taxpayer funding, could find savings by privatizing operations, working with grocers to provide military discounts, closing stores or combining the commissary and exchange systems. They also blocked the commissary from making changes in how produce is shipped to stores in Asia.  Base Commanders May Allow Carrying of Personal Weapons.  The NDAA calls for Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to establish a process by December 31 in which commanders can authorize a service member at a military installation, reserve center, recruiting location or defense facility in the U.S. to carry a gun on the premises if he or she "determines that carrying such a firearm is necessary as a personal- or force-protection measures."  "Tragic domestic attacks on DOD personnel, including those at Little Rock, Chattanooga, and Fort Hood, convinced Conferees that a one-size-fits-all force protection standard for domestic installations is inadequate, especially where carrying personal firearms is involved," the document states.  Source: NAUS Watchdog for Oct 2 2015.]

H.R.1769 : Latest Title: To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces that are related to that exposure, to establish an advisory board on such health conditions, and for other purposes. Related bill: S 901. Latest Major Action: 4/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  4/22/2015 Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health.  4/23/2015 House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health Hearings Held.  5/15/2015 House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  5/15/2015 Forwarded by House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health to Full Committee by Voice Vote.  8/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. [See: http://www.vva.org/testimony/2015/042315.pdf ] [Note: The VA is opposed to this bill, so it will take a ground-swell of support from veterans and their families to get this passed.] [See: http://www.stripes.com/news/us/bill-calls-for-dod-to-publish-toxic-exposure-evidence-1.341844 ]

[Note: As of 11/02/15, only ten (slightly more than half – we need to do better; remember, this is a nationwide effort and Pennsylvania veterans must do their part) members of the PA delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives (Costello, Rothfus,  Kelly, Thompson, Doyle {Michael}, Cartwright, Barletta, Dent, Meehan, and Brady (7 Republicans and 3 Democrats – bipartisan support) had signed on as cosponsors of this bill.  If your representative is not on the list, then please contact him/her and ask them to support the bill. If your member is not on the list, VVA urges you to take action now. Go to our Legislative Action site at http://capwiz.com/vva/home/ .  Enter your Zip Code and send the prepared letter to your Representatives asking them to join their colleagues and cosponsor H.R. 1769 the Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015. Please follow up your letter with a call or visit to their offices.]  To see a list of cosponsors, click on this link:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1769/cosponsors .  If your representative is not on the list, then contact them and ask them to become cosponsors.  [TREA strongly supports this legislation and we urge you to contact your Senators and Representative and ask them to support S.901 in the Senate and H.R. 1769 in the House of Representatives.]  To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via VVA’s action alert at http://capwiz.com/vva/issues/alert/?alertid=63316301&type=CO

 

H.R.1803 : Veterans Back to Work Act of 2015.  A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for veterans and to allow an exemption from an employer's employment taxes in an amount equivalent to the value of such credit in the case of veterans.  Latest Major Action: 4/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.1816 : Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2015.  A bill to exclude from consideration as income under the United States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made under section 1521 of title 38, United States Code, to veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance.  Latest Major Action: 4/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R.1818 : Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2015.  A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to States to streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical technicians.  Related Bills:  S.453.  Latest Major Action: 4/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.1843 :  VA Pilot Program to Improve Disabled Vet’s Support.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to improve access to supportive services and community coordination for families of disabled veterans.  Latest Major Action: 4/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5/1/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1860 :   Publish VA Heath Care Info.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish information on the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1862 :   VA Outreach on Emergency Medical Care Delayed Payments.   A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct outreach to veterans regarding the effect of delayed payments of claims for emergency medical care furnished by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical providers by the Chief Business Office and to direct the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report regarding such delayed payments.  Latest Major Action: 4/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.1863 :  Expand Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014.  A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand the Veterans Choice Program to veterans who would otherwise receive medical care from a deficient medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 4/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1875 :  Filipino Veterans Recognition Act.  A bill to extend the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund and to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept certain documents as proof of service in determining the eligibility of a person to receive amounts from such Fund.  Latest Major Action: 4/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1890 : Latest Title: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015.  Related Bills: S.995.  Latest Major Action: 5/1/2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 69.  House Reports:  114-100 Part 1.

H.R.1899 : Latest Title: Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2015.  Family Caregiver Services Program Injured Vet Eligibility.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program.  Related Bills: S.657.  Latest Major Action: 4/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  5/1/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.1904 :  VA Master's Degree & Doctoral Degree Grant Program.   A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: S.1021.  Latest Major Action: 4/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1909 :  Over 40 Mile Vet Non-VA Health Care.  A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use existing authorities to furnish health care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who live more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department that furnishes the care sought by the veteran.  Latest Major Action: 4/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1911 :  VA Vet Funeral Benefits Increase.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits.  Latest Major Action: 4/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 5/1/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.1927 : Latest Title: Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016.   Related Bills: H.RES.581, H.R.526, S.357.  Latest Major Action: 4/22/2015 Introduced in House.  11/5/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-328. 1/8/2016 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 211 - 188, 1 Present (Roll no. 33). 1/11/2016 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.1938 :   Ban VA OIG Secret Health Care Reports.  A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to increase transparency of the Inspectors General, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  [See: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/04/21/ron-kind-bill-inspector-general-reports/26140871/ ]

H.R.1948 :  VA Vet Child Care Assistance.  To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 4/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.1969 :  VA Family Caregiver Assistance Program Expansion.  To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via DAV’s Action Network  http://www.dav.org/can/?vvsrc=%2fcampaigns

H.R.1978 :  VA Veterans Conservation Corps.  A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans conservation corps, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.1987 : Latest Title: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015.  Related Bills: H.R.2038, S. 1611. Latest Major Action(s): 4/23/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4/24/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. 4/30/2015: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged. 4/30/2015: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 4/30/2015: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 5/15/2015 9:36am: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-115. 5/15/2015 9:36am: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 81. 5/18/2015 5:48pm: Mr. Graves (LA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. 5/18/2015 5:48pm: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3284-3293). 5/18/2015 5:48pm: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1987. 5/18/2015 6:02pm: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3284-3291). 5/18/2015 6:02pm: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 5/19/2015: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

H.R.1989 : Latest Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the enlistment in the Armed Forces of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States and were younger than 15 years of age when they initially entered the United States, but who are otherwise qualified for enlistment, and to provide a mechanism by which such aliens, by reason of their honorable service in the Armed Forces, may be lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.   Latest Major Action: 4/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.   [See: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/239926-gop-lawmaker-pushes-offering-citizenship-to-immigrants-in-military ]

H.R.1994 :  2015 VA Accountability Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes. Related Bills: H.RES.388, H.R.3909, S.1082. Latest Major Action: 4/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  5/11/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.  6/2/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.  6/25/2015: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  6/25/2015: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.  7/15/2015: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  7/15/2015: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.  7/29/2015 Passed House.  [See: http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2015/04/new-bill-would-give-va-secretary-sweeping-authority-fire-bad-employees/110986/ ]

H.R.2001 : Latest Title: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act.  Latest Major Action: 4/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 6/24/2015 Hearings held.

H.R.2029 :  Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.   A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/24/2015 Introduced in House.  4/24/2015 The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 114-92, by Mr. Dent.  4/30/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 255 - 163 (Roll no. 193). 5/21/2015 Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Kirk with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-57.  10/1/2015 Senate floor actions: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 44. Record Vote Number: 273. 11/10/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 0. Record Vote Number: 302.  11/12/2015 Message on Senate action sent to the House.  12/17/2015 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion to concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment specified in section 3(b) of H.Res. 566 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 318 - 109 (Roll no. 703).  2/18/2015 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion to concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment specified in section 3(a) of H.Res. 566 Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 316 - 113 (Roll no. 705).  12/18/2015 Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2029 by Yea-Nay Vote. 65 - 33. Record Vote Number: 339. 12/18/2015 Presented to President. 12/18/2015 Signed by President. 12/18/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-113 [Text, PDF] [This Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 provides the FY 2016 funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and includes advance appropriations for FY 2017 for most VA health care and mandatory spending programs.

The bill includes almost $163 billion in total discretionary and mandatory funding for VA for fiscal year 2016. This includes $91 billion in mandatory funding and $71 billion in discretionary funding.

Advance Appropriations: The bill includes $63 billion ($3 billion less than recommended by the Independent Budget (IB)) in fiscal year 2017 advance funding for VA medical care and $103 billion in fiscal year 2017 advance funding for VA's mandatory programs for compensation and pension.

Medical Programs for FY 2016: The Veterans Health Administration, including its research programs, is funded at $62 billion ($2 billion less than recommended by the IB), $1 billion more than the Administration's requested level and $5 billion more than fiscal year 2015.

Medical Care Highlights:

Hepatitis C Treatments. - $1.5 billion for new Hepatitis C treatments.

Women Veterans.-$5 billion in total health care for women veterans who use the VA health system. This includes $446 million for gender-specific health care.

Caregivers.-for the family caregivers program, $605 million ($50 million more than requested by the Administration).

Vet Centers.-$258 million to fund readjustment counseling.

Homeless Programs.- $1.4 billion.

Mental Health.-$7.5 billion, including $381 million for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, $612 million for substance abuse treatment and $144 million for suicide prevention outreach.

Rural Health.-$270 million for programs of the Office of Rural Health.

Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans.-The bill includes funding of $4.9 billion to treat almost 845,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

Traumatic Brain Injury.-$232 million in care for veterans suffering traumatic brain injury or other polytraumatic injuries.

Long-Term Care.-$7.5 billion for institutional and non-institutional long-term services.

Medical and Prosthetic Research.-The bill includes almost $631 million, $42 million more than fiscal year 2015 and $9 million more than requested by the Administration.

Other:

Claims Processing: The bill includes $2.7 billion ($89 million less than recommended by the IB) for claims processing, $173 million more than last year's level of $2.53 billion and $10 million more than the request.

Construction: Major Construction, $1.24 billion ($686 million less than recommended by the IB) for major construction projects; for minor construction, $406 million ($169 million less than recommended by the IB). 

Grants for the Construction of State Veterans Homes: $120 million ($80 million less than recommended by the IB).

Information Technology (IT): The bill provides $4.1 billion ($158 million more than recommended by the IB) to modernize and sustain VA's information technology systems.

In some respects (especially when compared to the IB), this appropriation is lacking in terms of known and projected needs. However, the overall rate of increase in funding for veterans' programs is welcome.]

[Source: DAV Email of 12/23/15]

 

H.R.2046 :  VA Participation in Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the participation of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the prescription drug monitoring programs of the States.  Latest Major Action: 4/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2047 :   Expand Authority to Remove VA employees.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to remove senior executives of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance or misconduct to include removal of certain other employees of the Department, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2048 : Latest Title: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015. Related Bills: H.R.1056, S.1123. Latest Major Action: 4/28/2015 Introduced in House.   5/8/2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 77.  House Reports: 114-109 Part 1.

H.R.2053 :  Reserve Component SBP Upgrade.   To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the different treatment under the Survivor Benefit Plan accorded members of the reserve components who die from an injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during inactive-duty training compared to members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty while on active duty.  Latest Major Action: 4/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.2054 :   Women Vet Access to VA Medical Care.  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans.  Latest Major Action: 4/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2067 : Cold War Service Medal Act of 2015. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of a military service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.2114 : Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2015. A bill to direct the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance for individuals affected by exposure to Agent Orange, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2123 : To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish non-formulary drugs and medicines to veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/30/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  [See: http://triblive.com/news/healthnews/8279248-74/veterans-murphy-health#axzz3Yso0rUs9 ]

H.R.2139 : Veteran's Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 4/30/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2145 : Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program to seek to employ physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs on a without compensation basis in practice areas and specialties with staffing shortages and long appointment waiting times.  Related Bills: S.563.  Latest Major Action: 4/30/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2170 : Latest Title: Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act.  Latest Major Action: 4/30/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2193 : VA Employee Fairness Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration.  Latest Major Action: 4/30/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2214 : Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act.  A bill to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations.  Latest Major Action: 5/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  6/24/2015 Hearings held.  7/9/2015 Markup of bill.

H.R.2218 : Renovate and Enhance Veterans' Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2015.  A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to set-aside community development block grant amounts in each fiscal year for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of, and technology for, their facilities.  Latest Major Action: 5/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R.2221 : Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015.  A bill to amend the Small Business Act to direct the task force of the Office of Veterans Business Development to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses.  Latest Major Action: 5/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

H.R.2237 :  Establish a VA Center of Excellence on Burn Pit Health conditions.   A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans to establish within the Department of Veterans Affairs a center of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to burn pits.  Latest Major Action: 5/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2248 :  WWII U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Vet Status.  A bill to provide that service of the members of the organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 5/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2256 : Latest Title: Veterans Information Modernization Act .  VA Hospital Care, Medical Services, and Nursing Home Care Annual Reports.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report on the Veterans Health Administration and the furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care by the Department of Veterans Affairs.   A bill to expand homeless benefits to veterans fleeing domestic abuse, evaluate the efficacy of VA mental health care, and require VA to properly track and document biological implants. This bill also includes a provision that would require VA to round down any cost-of- living increases to the Montgomery GI Bill and the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance program, a provision the VFW opposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  7/7/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-191. 7/21/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 449).  7/22/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  House Reports: 114-191

H.R.2264 :  Establish Disabled Vet Space-Available Travel Category.    A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.  Latest Major Action: 5/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.2275 :  Consolide Various Programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration and to improve employment services for veterans by consolidating various programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2282 :  Improve Vet Education Enrollment.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the enrollment of veterans in certain courses of education, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  [This bill is supported by VVA]

H.R.2286 :  Establish Certain Claims for Compensation Priority.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a priority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in processing certain claims for compensation.  Latest Major Action: 5/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2291 :  Make Permanent VA Secretary Authority To Transport Certain Vets.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2294 :  Reserve Component Memorial Headstones and Markers.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase on behalf of members of reserve components who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training but did not serve on active duty.  Latest Major Action: 5/13/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2327 : Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the United States in Laos during the Vietnam War era.  Related Bills: S.1358.  Latest Major Action: 5/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2344 : Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Improvement Act of 2015. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the vocational rehabilitation programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 5/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2360 : Career-Ready Student Veterans Act. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the approval of certain programs of education for purposes of educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 5/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.   11/16/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-336.  2/9/2016 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.  2/10/2016 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2361 : Work-Study for Student Veterans Act. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority to provide work-study allowance for certain activities by individuals receiving educational assistance by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Action: 05/15/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2365 : Construction Reform, Authorization, and Choice Improvement Act of 2015. A bill to authorize Department major medical facility construction projects for fiscal year 2015, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the administration of Department medical facility construction projects, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2387 : Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act. A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans.  Latest Major Action: 5/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

H.R.2460 : Vet Adult Day Health Care. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans.  Latest Major Action: 5/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2464 : Improve VA Secretary Accountability to VA OIG. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 5/20/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.2465 : Vet Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program Housing Stipend. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the monthly housing stipend payable under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 5/20/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2487 : Extend Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to cover recipients of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: S.1460.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2490 : Latest Title: Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act .  Prohibit Internment in National Cemeteries of Vets Convicted of Capital Crimes. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery of persons committing Federal or State capital crimes is consistently carried out, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of George E. Siple from Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs.  5/21/2015: Referred to House Armed Services.  6/3/2015: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3766-3767). 6/5/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  8/13/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

H.R.2493 : Establish Assistance Dogs Grant Program. A bill to establish a grant program to encourage the use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2496 : Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act. A bill to extend the authorization for the replacement of the existing Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, to make certain improvements in the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/22/2015 Presented to President. 05/22/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-19.

H.R.2499 : Increase Access to Capital for Veteran Entrepreneurs. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. 07/28/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-38.

H.R.2514 : Latest Title: Helping Veterans Save for Health Care Act of 2015.  Remove Health Savings Account Vet Prohibition. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent veterans from being disqualified from contributing to health savings accounts by reason of receiving medical care for service-connected disabilities under programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Related Bills: S.1880.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.2516 : Vet Care via Telemedicine. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2522 : Homeless Vet Household Goods Pilot Program. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants for the provision of furniture, household items, and other assistance to homeless veterans to facilitate their transition into permanent housing, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2531 : ACES Act of 2015. A bill to amend section 701 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to clarify the period of eligibility during which certain spouses are entitled to assistance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 6/5/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 

H.R.2539 : Increase DIC Rates. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of monthly dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2551 : VA Pre-Apprenticeship Program Educational Assistance. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2555 : Pilot Program for Veterans Service Organization Grants. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations.  Latest Major Action: 5/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2573 : Furnish Dependent Headstone/Marker non-VA Cemetery Burial. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for the graves of dependents of veterans buried in county, private, or other cemeteries.  Latest Major Action: 5/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2591 : Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions and to make additional contributions to the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 6/5/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.2605 : Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act of 2015. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the supervision of fiduciaries of veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Latest Major Action: 6/5/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 6/24/2015 Hearings held. 7/9/2015 Markup of bill.

H.R.2622 : Latest Title: Fort McClellan Health Registry Act.  Latest Major Action: 6/5/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.2639 : Marriage and Family Therapists for Veterans Act. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for additional qualification requirements for individuals appointed to marriage and family therapist positions in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 6/3/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2662 : Fallen Heroes Family Assistance Act. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to clarify the situations in which the United States will cover the cost of transportation for next of kin to attend the transfer ceremony of a member of the Armed Forces who dies overseas.  Latest Major Action: 6/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.2671 : Recruit Act.  Latest Major Action: 6/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2672 : Train Act.  Latest Major Action: 6/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2673 : Retain Act.  Latest Major Action: 6/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2674 : Flexibility and Oversight Act.  Latest Major Action: 6/4/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2685 : Latest Title: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016.  Related Bills: H.RES.303, S.1558.  Latest Major Action: 6/11/2015 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 278 - 149 (Roll no. 358).  6/11/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  House Reports: 114-139. 11/5/2015 Senate floor actions. Status: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.

H.R.2691 : Veterans' Survivors Claims Processing Automation Act of 2015. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjudicate and pay survivor's benefits without requiring the filing of a formal claim, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: S.1451.  Latest Major Action: 6/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 6/24/2015 Hearings held. 7/9/2015 Markup of bill.

H.R.2706 : Veterans National Remembrance Act. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide priority for the establishment of new national cemeteries by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 6/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 6/24/2015 Hearings held.

H.R.2718 :  Servicemember Student Loan Affordability Act.  A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service.  Related Bills: S.1557.  Latest Major Action: 6/10/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2725 : TRICARE/VA Telehealth Use. A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to expand the use of telehealth under the TRICARE program and in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  AKA 21st Century Care for Military and Veterans Act.  Latest Major Action: 6/10/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2737 : Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015.  A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the Filipino veterans of World War II, in recognition of the dedicated service of the veterans during World War II.  Related Bills: S.1555.  Latest Major Action: 6/11/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2742 : Military Working Dog Retirement. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require that military working dogs be retired in the United States, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 6/11/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.2747 :  Atomic Veterans Service Medal Act.  A bill to authorize the award of a military service medal to members of the Armed Forces who were exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of participation in the testing of nuclear weapons or under other circumstances.  Related Bills: H.R.1735.  Latest Major Action: 6/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.2766 :  Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 6/12/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2813 :  Shelter Our Servicemembers Act.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant pilot program to provide housing to elderly homeless veterans.  Latest Major Action: 6/17/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2835 :  Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015.  A bill to actively recruit members of the Armed Forces who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers.  Related Bills: S.1603.  Latest Major Action: 6/18/2015 Introduced in House. 9/28/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 0 (Roll no. 519). 10/1/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. 10/7/2015 Presented to President. 10/16/2015 Signed by President. 10/16/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-068 [Text, PDF]

H.R.2852 :  Founding Legacies of Reserve Integral Combat-training Heroes (FLORICH) Act.  To provide for the eligibility for burial in Arlington National Cemetery of certain members of reserve components of the Armed Forces.  Latest Major Action: 6/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  [To support this bill and/or contact your legislators send a message via the NGAUS Action Network http://www.ngaus.org/advocating-national-guard/take-action?url=http://www.capwiz.com/ngaus/issues/alert/?alertid=66832691&type=CO ]

H.R.2861 :  Veteran Employment Transition Act.  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coordination of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Department of Defense, to require transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Government-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 6/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Small Business, Education and the Workforce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.2894 :  CARE for All Veterans Act.  A bill to expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 6/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2914 : Latest Title: Build a Better VA Act.  Latest Major Action: 6/25/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  7/13/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  7/14/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.2915 :   Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify mental health care and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans as part of the evaluation of such programs by the Secretary.  Latest Major Action: 6/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 7/14/2015 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  7/22/2015: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  7/22/2015: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.  9/17/2015: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  9/17/2015: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.  12/3/2015 1:39pm: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-365. 12/3/2015 1:39pm: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 278. 2/9/2016 4:32pm: Mr. Abraham moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.  2/9/2016 4:32pm: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H630-633).  2/9/2016 4:32pm: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2915. 2/9/2016 4:44pm: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H630).  2/9/2016 4:44pm: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  2/9/2016 4:44pm: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.  2/10/2016: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2935 :   Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act.  A bill to provide for a five-year extension of the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of medical disability examinations by contract physicians.  Latest Major Action: 6/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2941 :  Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the receipt of bonuses by Department of Veterans Affairs employees who violate Federal civil laws or regulations, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 6/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2974 :  Veteran Continuity of Care Act.  A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to increase the duration of follow-up care provided under the Veterans Choice Program.  Latest Major Action: 7/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2975 :  Misused Veteran Benefits Repayment.  To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries.  Latest Major Action: 7/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2981 :  VA Employee Congressional Testimony.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that congressional testimony by Department of Veterans Affairs employees is official duty, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.2992 : Latest Title: Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act.  Latest Major Action: 7/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R.2999 :  Enhance VA Authority to Fire Employees.  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to suspend and remove employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety.  Latest Major Action: 7/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3007 : Latest Title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the display of the Confederate battle flag in national cemeteries.  Latest Major Action: 8/5/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.3016 : Latest Title: VA Provider Equity Act. (Previously:  VA Podiatrist Role Clarification.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of podiatrists in the Department of Veterans Affairs.)  Related Bills: S.2175. [As per POPVOX on 021516, the bill combines over 30 bills, including: considering podiatrists as "physicians,"  providing for an audit of the VA budget, establishing a Chief Business Officer to manage payment of invoices for non-VA medical services provided to vets, piloting a program on dog training therapy for veterans with PTSD, increasing newborn care available for female veterans from seven to 42 days, establishing the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, (VEOTA), authorizing eligible servicemembers to transfer unused education benefits under the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill to family members.]  Latest Major Action: 7/9/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  7/12/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  7/14/2015: Subcommittee Hearings Held.  7/22/2015: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  7/22/2015: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . 9/17/2015: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.  9/17/2015: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.  12/1/2015 3:07pm: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-358.  12/1/2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 274. House Reports: 114-358. 2/9/2016 3:19pm: Mr. Miller (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.  2/9/2016 3:19pm: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H603-614) 2/9/2016 3:19pm: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3016. 2/9/2016 3:41pm: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H603-611) 2/9/2016 3:41pm: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  2/9/2016 3:42pm: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.  2/10/2016: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3019 :   Nursing Home/Hospital Care for Vets.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish, at the request of an eligible veteran, nursing home care and hospital care at State licensed or certified residential care facilities.  Latest Major Action: 7/10/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3040 :  DoD/VA Unofficial Info Use Guidelines.  A bill to require the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to develop guidelines regarding the use by the Secretaries of the military departments and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of unofficial sources of information to determine the eligibility of a member or former member of the Armed Forces for benefits and decorations when the member's service records are incomplete because of damage to the records, including records damaged by a 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.  Latest Major Action: 7/17/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.3068 :  Restore Honor to Service Members Act.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to review the discharge characterization of former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged by reason of the sexual orientation of the member, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: S.1766.  Latest Major Action: 7/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.3074 : Latest Title: CPI for Seniors Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 7/15/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 11/16/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

H.R.3101 :  POW Accountability Act.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review the list of veterans designated as former prisoners of war to identify discrepancies, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3106 : Latest Title: Construction Reform Act of 2016.  Related Bills: H.R.2365. Latest Major Action: 2/10/2016 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  House Reports: 114-364.

H.R.3113 :  Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2015.  A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from obligating or expending funds for alternative energy generation projects unless specifically authorized by law, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3114 : Latest Title: To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps with curation and historic preservation activities, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/20/2015 Introduced in House.  9/8/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-249. 11/17/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 422 - 3 (Roll no. 632). 11/18/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. House Reports: 114-249.

H.R.3122 :  VALOR Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a contract with a non-government entity for the conduct of biannual audits of Department of Veterans Affairs health care functions, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3139 : Latest Title: Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act.  Related Bills: S.1819.  Latest Major Action: 7/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.3183 :  Veterans Health Care Freedom Act.  A bill to to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand and make permanent the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes. Related bill S. 1991. Latest Major Action: 7/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3200 :  VA Flexibility in Appropriated Funds Usage.   A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer unobligated amounts previously made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs to the medical accounts of the Department to improve the furnishing of health care to veterans. Latest Major Action: 7/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3214 : Latest Title: National Icebreaker Fund Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 7/28/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

H.R.3216 :  VET Act.   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the emergency hospital care furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain veterans.  Latest Major Action: 7/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3234 :  Failing VA Medical Center Recovery Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within the Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of Failing Medical Center Recovery, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2/9/2016 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. 2/10/2016 Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3236 :  Latest Title: Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015.  Related Bills: H.RES.388.  Latest Major Action:  7/28/2015 Introduced in House.  7/29/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 385 - 34, 1 Present (Roll no. 486).  7/30/2015 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed (under the order of 7/29/15, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative) without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 4. Record Vote Number: 261.  7/31/2015.  H.R. 22 eventually became part of part H.R. 3236, the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act.   Presented to President.  7/31/2015 Signed by President.  7/31/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-041 [Text, PDF].

H.R.3246 :  Veterans Choice Funds Use.  A bill to provide for the temporary use of Veterans Choice Funds for certain programs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3262 : Latest Title: To provide for the conveyance of land of the Illiana Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Danville, Illinois. Related Bills: S.1967. Latest Major Action: 2/10/2016 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3278 :   Unclaimed Deceased Vet Internment.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is informed of the interment of unclaimed deceased veterans, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3312 :  Veterans Benefits Network Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for establishing coordinated networks of services and resources for veterans and their families.  Latest Major Action: 7/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3351 : Latest Title: CPI-E Act of 2015. Latest Major Action: 7/29/2015: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 8/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 7/29/2015: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform .7/29/2015: Referred to House Armed Services.  11/23/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

H.R.3365 :  Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2015.  A bill to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3373 :  Whistleblower Complaints Review.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review certain whistleblower complaints.  Latest Major Action: 7/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3374 :   Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of childcare assistance to certain single parents who are participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs vocational rehabilitation program, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3414 : Veterans Access to Orthotic and Prosthetic Care Act.  A bill to improve the certification and licensing of employees and medical laboratories of the Department of Veterans Affairs that furnish prosthetic and orthotic services, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 7/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3419 :  Support for Student Veterans with Families Act.  A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible educational institutions to provide child care services on campus.  Latest Major Action: 7/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3422 :  VA Vendor Verification Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish credentialing requirements for medical vendors.  Latest Major Action: 8/6/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3423 :  Agent Orange Extension Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, and the Agent Orange Act of 1991 to extend the certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides.  Latest Major Action: 7/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  8/6/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  [Agent Orange Act Extension Stalls.  Congressman Tim Walz (Minn.) recently introduced the FRA-supported “Agent Orange Extension Act,” (H.R. 3423) which would extend the original sunset deadline of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 by two years. The extension would ensure that Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange receive just compensation and care. The 1991 Act expires on September 30, 2015; the legislation would extend its sunset to September 30, 2017. FRA warned the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees regarding the sunset of the Act during its March 18, 2015 testimony.  The Agent Orange Act of 1991 (AOA) established a presumption of service connection for diseases associated with Agent Orange exposure, relieving Vietnam veterans from the burden of providing evidence that their illness was a result of military service. This law directs the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to periodically research and review diseases that might be associated with Agent Orange exposure. The VA is required to add diseases the NAS finds to have a positive association to Agent Orange exposure to the VA’s list of presumptive service-connected diseases. Since the enactment of the AOA, the NAS has issued reports that have led to the presumption of service connection for diseases such as Parkinson’s, B-cell leukemia and early onset peripheral neuropathy. Without these studies, thousands of Vietnam era veterans would have gone without the benefits they greatly deserve.  If the AOA expires, the VA would no longer be obligated to review the NAS report or add any new diseases to the presumption of service list, which could result in denying thousands of veterans their right to compensation. The bill has stalled in the House Veterans Affairs Committee Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee. Members are urged to use the FRA Action Center (www.fra.org/action-center) and can call the Subcommittee Chairman, Rep. Ralph Abraham (La.) Capitol Hill office (202-225-8490) to explain that the AOA expires September 30, 2015 and ask that the bill be approved immediately.  (Source: FRA  NewsBytes September 25 2015)]

H.R.3449 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 9/17/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

H.R.3457 : Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/1/2015 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 251 - 173 (Roll no. 533).  Latest Action: 10/1/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 10/5/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

H.R.3460 : To suspend until January 21, 2017, the authority of the President to waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran.  Latest Major Action: 9/15/2015 Received in the Senate.

H.R.3461 : To approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, relating to the nuclear program of Iran.  Latest Major Action: 9/11/2015 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 162 - 269, 1 Present (Roll no. 493).  Latest Action: 9/11/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

H.R.3471 : Veterans Mobility Safety Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 9/25/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3476 : Prevent a Government Shutdown Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 9/10/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3484 : Los Angeles Homeless Veterans Leasing Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 9/25/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3491 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 9/25/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.3499 : Veteran Disability Rating Parity Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/11/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.3507 : To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 99 West 2nd Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as the "Lieutenant Colonel James 'Maggie' Megellas Post Office".  Latest Major Action: 9/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R.3510 : Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Strategy Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/7/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

H.R.3518 : Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 9/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.3547 : Lawrence J. Hackett Jr. Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Fairness Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/25/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.3549 : VA Billing Accountability Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/25/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3558 : Perpetual POW/MIA Stamp Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/18/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R.3573 : Refugee Resettlement Oversight and Security Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 9/18/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.3580 : To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a continuing medical education program for non-Department medical professionals who treat veterans and family members of veterans to increase knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 9/18/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3588 : Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 9/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3589 : Midshipmen Education Certainty Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.3590 : Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.3595 : Increased Authorizations for the Denver VA Medical Center Construction Project Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/25/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3596 : Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2015.  Related Bills: S.2082. Latest Major Action: 9/25/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 9/24/2015: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 9/24/2015: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs.  9/24/2015: Referred to House Armed Services. 9/24/2015: Referred to House Budget. 9/25/2015: Referred to the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health. 9/30/2015: S. 2082 Became Public Law No: 114-58 [GPO: Text, PDF].

H.R.3598 : Latest Title: Fusion Center Enhancement Act of 2015. Clarifies and enhances the partnership between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the national network of fusion centers.  A fusion center is a collaborative effort of two or more agencies, including federal, state, and local entities, which share resources and information to improve their ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist or criminal activity.  Latest Major Action: 9/24/2015 Introduced in House.  11/2/2015 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-324. 11/2/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.  11/3/2015 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. House Reports: 114-324.

H.R.3603 : To grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.  Latest Major Action: 10/5/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

H.R.3616 : Defending Our Defenders Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/25/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3628 : Pay Our Military Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

H.R.3633 : District of Columbia Government Shutdown Avoidance Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 9/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R.3635 : Latest Title: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act.  Related Bills: H.R.1024.  Latest Major Action: 9/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R.3639 : Veterans Access to Care Act. Related Bills: S.761. Latest Major Action: 9/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.3640 : Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act.  Latest Major Action: 9/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3649 : To amend titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code to authorize the establishment of units of the National Guard in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  Latest Major Action: 9/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.3654 : To require a report on United States strategy to combat terrorist use of social media, and for other purposes.  “Would require the Administration to fulfill its 2011 commitment to come up with a comprehensive strategy to counter terrorists’ use of social media. The bill also requires the Administration to outline and report to Congress on its own efforts and those in coordination with private companies to combat terrorist use of social media,” according to the bill sponsor. Latest Major Action: 9/30/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3656 : To prohibit the sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21.  Latest Major Action: 9/30/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.3662 : Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act.  This bill prohibits the President from removing sanctions on foreign financial institutions until the President makes two certifications to Congress: (1) that the institution has not knowingly facilitated transactions or provided significant financial services for or on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its agents, a foreign terrorist organization, or a person whose property or property interests are blocked pursuant to the IEEPA in connection with Iran’s proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. (2) that the institution no longer knowingly engages in illicit or deceptive financial transactions or other activities.  Latest Major Action: 10/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3677 : Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.3681 : Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/2/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.3684 : Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/6/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

H.R.3686 : Veterans Care and Reporting Enforcement Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/6/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3693 : IRGC Terrorist Sanctions Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/6/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R.3696 : Latest Title: Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015.  Related Bills: S.2148.  Latest Major Action: 10/7/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3698 : Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/7/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3708 : Prevent a December Government Shutdown Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3709 : Helping our Rural Veterans Receive Health Care Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 10/21/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3712 : Improving Access to Mental Health Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee.

H.R.3713 : Sentencing Reform Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3715 : Final Farewell Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3722 : Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/21/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3728 : To amend the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to modify the requirement to impose sanctions with respect to the provision of specialized financial messaging services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian financial institutions, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 10/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3737 : Responsibly Paying Our Nation's Bills Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.3739 : Veterans' Expanded Trucking Opportunities Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

H.R.3741 : Commission to Verify Iranian Nuclear Compliance Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R.3746 : State Marihuana And Regulatory Tolerance Enforcement Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3755 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the disregard of certain resident slots that include Department of Veterans Affairs training in determining payments for direct graduate medical education costs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 10/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3757 : To provide that Members of Congress shall be paid last whenever the Treasury is unable to satisfy the obligations of the United States Government in a timely manner because the public debt limit has been reached.  Latest Major Action: 10/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

H.R.3761 : To increase Social Security and military retirement benefits by 2.9 percent, and base future cost-of-living increase adjustments to the Consumer Price Index for the elderly.  Latest Major Action: 10/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3768 : Senior Executive Service Taking Responsibility for Unilateral Station Transfers Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/20/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3776 : End Government Shutdowns Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

H.R.3789 : Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3796 : Nursing Home Accountability Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/21/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R.3803 : Legally Binding Budget Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3807 : To provide a process for ensuring the United States does not default on its obligations.  Latest Major Action: 10/22/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3815 : To deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 10/23/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.3829 : UNRWA Anti-Incitement and Anti-Terrorism Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R.3833 : To require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram.  Latest Major Action: 10/26/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3838 : Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R.3839 : Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/27/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3849 : Acupuncture for Heroes and Seniors Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 10/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3850 : To provide for additional protections and disclosures to consumers when financial products or services are related to the consumers' military or Federal pensions, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 10/28/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3858 : September 11th VCF Reauthorization and U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Compensation Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.3860 : Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act.  Latest Major Action: 10/29/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

H.R.3870 :  Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 11/6/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3878 : Latest Title: Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2015.  Would improve information sharing and cooperation in addressing cyber security risks at our nation’s ports,” according to the bill sponsor.  “During a recent hearing, the Port of Long Beach brought up significant cyber security vulnerabilities at U.S. ports. This is due in part to port landlords not always coordinating with port tenants and also to federal agencies only beginning to consider the impact of a cyber-attack on our maritime infrastructure in its security assessments and strategies.” Latest Major Action: 11/4/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

H.R.3879 :  Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for covered agreements and contracts between the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and eligible academic affiliates for the mutually beneficial coordination, use, or exchange of health-care resources, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/6/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3883 :  Veteran's Choice Accountability Act.  A bill to improve the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/6/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3884 :  Veterans Collaboration Act.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to promote and encourage collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher learning that provide administrative assistance to veterans.  Latest Major Action: 11/6/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

H.R.3885 :  Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information and sharing of Disability Examination Procedures with DOD Doctors Act.  A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to include a single comprehensive disability examination as part of the required Department of Defense physical examination for separating members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/6/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

H.R.3909 :  Veterans Health and Accountability Act.  A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand the Veterans Choice Program, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: H.R.1994.  Latest Major Action: 11/3/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3936 :  Veteran Engagement Team Event Pilot Program.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary carries out Veteran Engagement Team events where veterans can complete claims for disability compensation and pension under the laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3950 : Veteran Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2015.  A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a small business start-up tax credit for veterans who have served overseas.  Related Bills:   H.R.4039.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.3951 :  VA Office of Health Care Quality.  A bill to establish in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs the Office of Health Care Quality.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3954 :  Camp Lejeune Reserve Component VA Medical Services.  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for access to hospital care and medical services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain members of the reserve components who received training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3958 :  Veterans Health Care Stamp.  A bill to provide for the issuance of a Veterans Health Care Stamp.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3960 :  Homeless Female Vet Survey.  To provide for a survey regarding homeless female veterans, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3963 :  Purple Heart Vet’s Commissary/Exchange Privilege.   To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to certain veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart and to their dependents.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.3970 :  Abandoned Homes Renovation for Homeless Vets.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot grant program to acquire and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3972 :  Suicidal Vet Mental Health Services Enhancement.   A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to more effectively provide mental health resources for members of the Armed Forces and veterans at high risk of suicide, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3974 :   VA Physician Assistant Vet Training Educational Assistance.  A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as physician assistants of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3975 :  First-Time Vet Homebuyers Tax Credit.  A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for veteran first-time homebuyers and for adaptive housing and mobility improvements for disabled veterans, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.3980 :  Eliminate Veterans Choice Program Sunset Date.  A bill to eliminate the sunset date for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3988 :  Military and Veterans Education Protection Act.  A bill to count revenues from military and veteran education programs toward the limit on Federal revenues that certain proprietary institutions of higher education are allowed to receive for purposes of section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.  Related Bills;  S.1664.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3989 :   Vet Caregiver Benefits Eligibility.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the process for determining the eligibility of caregivers of veterans to certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.3991 :  Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans affected by school closures certain relief and restoration of educational benefits, and for other purposes.  Related Bills:  S.2253.  Latest Major Action: 11/5/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4011 :  Delivering Opportunities for Care and Services for Veterans Act of 2015.  A bill to increase the number of graduate medical education positions treating veterans, to improve the compensation of health care providers, medical directors, and directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Related Bills:  S.1676.  Latest Major Action: 11/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4012 :  SAVE Benefits Act.  A bill to provide for a supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries, supplemental security income beneficiaries, and recipients of veterans benefits, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: S.2251.  Latest Major Action: 11/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4038 : Latest Title: American SAFE Act of 2015. “Would put in place the most robust national security vetting process in history for any refugee population and it gives the American people the assurances needed that we will do everything possible to prevent terrorists from reaching our shores,” according to the bill sponsors.  “Specifically, under this legislation, no refugee from Iraq or Syria will be admitted into the U.S. unless: 1. The FBI Director certifies the background investigation of each refugee; and 2. The Secretary of Homeland Security, along with the FBI Director and the Director of National Intelligence, certifies to Congress that each refugee is not a security threat to the United States. Under this legislation, no Syrian or Iraqi refugee can enter the United States until the American people’s representatives in Congress receive these certifications.”  Related Bills: H.RES.531, H.R.3999, H.R.4086, S.2300.  Latest Major Action: 11/17/2015 Introduced in House.  11/19/2015 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 289 - 137 (Roll no. 643).  1/12/2016 Senate floor actions. Status: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.

H.R.4039 :  Veteran Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2015.   A bill t amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a small business start-up tax credit for veterans.  Related Bills: H.R.3950.  Latest Major Action: 11/17/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.4053 :    VA Repair/Remodel Grants to Facilities Serving Veterans.  A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for repair and remodeling of community centers, clinics, and hospitals that serve veterans. Latest Major Action: 11/17/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4054 :  Ensuring Quality Education for Veterans Act.  A bill to revise the 90-10 rule under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to count veterans' education benefits under such rule, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/17/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4056 : Latest Title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, and interest of the United States to the property known as "The Community Living Center" at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Orlando, Florida.  Latest Major Action: 2/10/2016 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4063 : Latest Title: Jason Simcakoski Promoting Responsible Opioid Management and Incorporating Scientific Expertise Act (PROMISE) Act.  Latest Major Action: 11/18/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4071 :  Give our Seniors and Veterans the COLA they Deserve Act.  A bill to direct the Administrator of General Services to establish a program to sell Federal buildings that are not utilized to provide revenue for increases in social security benefits and military retirement pay, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/18/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4080 :  Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war.  Latest Major Action: 11/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4087 :  Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pension under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 11/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4118 :  Veterans Legal Support Act of 2015.  A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide support to university law school programs that are designed to provide legal assistance to veterans, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 11/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4125 :  Veteran Medical Facility Access in Densely Populated Communities.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the feasibility of the Secretary entering into public-private partnerships to improve the access of veterans to medical facilities in densely populated communities and rural communities.  Latest Major Action: 11/19/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4129 : Jumpstart VA Construction Act.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program under which the Secretary enters into partnership agreements with non-Federal entities for the construction of major construction projects authorized by law, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 12/8/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

H.R.4134 : Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act.  A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to increase efficiency in the recruitment and hiring by the Department of Veterans Affairs of health care workers that are undergoing separation from the Armed Forces, to create uniform credentialing standards for certain health care professionals of the Department, and for other purposes.  Related Bills:  S.2229. Latest Major Action: 12/4/2015 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

H.R.4138 : To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recoup relocation expenses paid to or on behalf of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 12/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4140 : Saving the Earnings and Noting the Investment of Our Retired Seniors Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 12/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4143 : Terrorist Refugee Infiltration Prevention Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 12/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4144 : Latest Title: Seniors And Veterans Emergency (SAVE) Benefits Act.  Related Bills: S.2251. Latest Major Action: 12/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4146 : To authorize the Secretary of Education to provide grants for education programs on the history of the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II.  Latest Major Action: 12/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

H.R.4147 : To apologize for the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II.  Latest Major Action: 12/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.4150 : Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modify the hours of employment of physicians and physician assistants employed on a full-time basis by the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Latest Major Action: 12/1/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4154 : Taiwan Naval Support Act.  Latest Major Action: 12/9/2015 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

H.R.4155 : Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 12/2/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4159 : Access to Military Service Records Act of 2015.  A bill to limit the fees charged by the National Archives and Records Administration to veterans for military service records, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 12/2/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R.4161 : SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 12/2/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4173 : To provide that an alien who has traveled to Iraq or Syria during the 5-year period prior to the alien's application for admission is ineligible to be admitted to the United States under the visa waiver program, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 12/3/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.4188 : Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 12/8/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 12/9/2015: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. 12/10/2015 3:13pm: Mr. Hunter moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. 12/10/2015 3:13pm: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9223-9242).  12/10/2015 3:13pm: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4188. 12/10/2015 3:33pm: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9223-9239).  12/10/2015 3:33pm: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 12/14/2015: Received in the Senate, read twice. 12/18/2015: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8908).  12/18/2015: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. 12/18/2015: Message on Senate action sent to the House. 2/1/2016 6:57pm: Mr. Hunter moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H402-420). 2/1/2016 6:57pm: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4188. 2/1/2016 7:11pm: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H402-418).  2/1/2016 7:11pm: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

H.R.4189 : Stop Funding for Terrorism Act.  Latest Major Action: 12/8/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4200 : Military Family Stability Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 12/9/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.4208 : Authority for the Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Act.  Latest Major Action: 12/10/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R.4218 : To suspend the admission to the United States of refugees, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 12/10/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.4237 : Protect America Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 12/11/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.4239 : Tracking Foreign Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens Act. Latest Major Action: 12/11/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).

H.R.4240 : No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act.  Latest Major Action: 12/11/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.4244 : Refugee Resettlement Fund Act of 2015.  Latest Major Action: 12/11/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.4252 :  Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015.  A bill to extend temporarily the extended period of protection for members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes.  Related Bills: H.R.189, H.R.190, H.R.2475, S.1152, S.2347, S.2357, S.2393.  Latest Major Action: 12/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4260 :  Servicemember Higher Education Protection Act.  A bill to protect servicemembers in higher education, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 12/15/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4279 :  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain information to State controlled substance monitoring programs.  A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain information to State controlled substance monitoring programs.  Latest Major Action: 12/16/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4298 :  Vietnam Helicopter Crew Memorial Act.  A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial honoring the helicopter pilots and crew members of the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 12/18/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

H.R.4306 :  Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans Act of 2015.  A bill to make permanent the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans.  Latest Major Action: 12/18/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

H.R.4334 : Latest Title: Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act   Related Bills: S.2422.  Latest Major Action: 1/6/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4336 : Latest Title: Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act.  Related Bills: S.2437.  Latest Major Action: 1/6/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4351 : Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2016.  A bill to protect individuals who are eligible for increased pension under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the basis of need of regular aid and attendance from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 1/8/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4352 : Latest Title: Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016.  Latest Major Action: 1/8/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4381 : Latest Title: Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act.   Latest Major Action: 1/13/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.4384 : Latest Title: Veterans Administration Bonus Elimination Act of 2016.  Latest Major Action: 1/13/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.4437 : Latest Title: To extend the deadline for the submittal of the final report required by the Commission on Care.  Latest Major Action: 2/10/2016 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4477 : Be Responsive to all Veterans Expeditiously Act of 2016.  A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require voice mail for certain telephone lines paid for by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 2/4/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4478 : Latest Title: Draft America's Daughters Act of 2016. Latest Major Action: 2/4/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.4513 :  VA Mental Health Program State Grants.  A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to State and local entities to carry out peer-to-peer mental health programs.  Latest Major Action: 2/9/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.4519 :  Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance 5-Year Extension.  A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a five-year extension of the special survivor indemnity allowance provided to widows and widowers of deceased members of the uniformed services affected by required Survivor Benefit Plan annuity offset for dependency and indemnity compensation received under section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code.  Latest Major Action: 2/10/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.4523 : Latest Title: To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate the registration requirements of such Act and eliminate civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System.  Latest Major Action: 2/10/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services

H.R.4527 :  Military Retiree Employment Act.  A bill to temporarily authorize recently retired members of the armed forces to be appointed to certain civil service positions, require the Secretary of Defense to issue certain notifications, and for other purposes.  Latest Major Action: 2/10/2016 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 

** Union Calendar: A separate calendar in the United States House of Representatives that schedules bills involving money issues. It arose from the requirement in Article One of the United States Constitution that all revenue bills originate in the House of Representatives. To meet that requirement, Rule XIII.