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USHB1097Intro
25%
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Everett Alvarez, Jr., in recognition of his service to the Nation.
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2024-05-21
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR1225Intro
25%
Expressing support for the designation of June, 9, 2024 in June as "Veterans Get Outside Day".
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2024-05-14
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB593PassTo rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic".
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2024-05-13
Signed by President.
USSB2825Engross
50%
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dustoff crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam.
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2024-05-10
Held at the desk.
USHB8063Engross
50%
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to posthumously award the Distinguished Service Cross to William D. Owens for his valorous actions from June 6, 1944, to June 8, 1944, during World War II at La Fiere Bridge in Normandy, France, while serving wi...
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2024-05-09
Received in the Senate.
USSB2181Engross
50%
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the sunset on entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals and to repeal the sunset on authority to bury remains of certain spouses and ch...
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2024-05-06
Held at the desk.
USSB3126Engross
50%
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish or replace a headstone, marker, or medallion for the grave of an eligible Medal of Honor recipient regardless of the recipient's dates of service ...
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2024-05-06
Held at the desk.
USSB3285Engross
50%
A bill to rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the "Charlie Dowd VA Clinic".
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2024-05-06
Held at the desk.
USSB3249Engross
50%
A bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas, as the "Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic".
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2024-05-06
Held at the desk.
USHB7895Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the restoration of entitlement of individuals entitled to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs who use such entitlement to pursue a course or pro...
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2024-05-03
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
USHB8048Intro
25%
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine the eligibility or entitlement of a member or former member of the Armed Forces described in subsection (a) to a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary solely based on alternative...
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2024-05-03
To House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
USHB8029Intro
25%
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on abortions facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-03
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB7975Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-03
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB705Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 10.
USHB1767Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that educational assistance paid under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to an individual who pursued a program or course of education that was suspended or terminated for...
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2024-05-01
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB2499Intro
25%
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information technology system and prioritize certain requirements to manage supply chains for medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB2911Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to periodically review the automatic maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance program, and for o...
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB3738Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-01
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB4016Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary.
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2024-05-01
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB4424Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma in veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB5870Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the processing of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the transparency of actions of Board of Veterans' Appeals, and for other...
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB5794Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate conflicts of interest in conduct of quality management and administrative investigations by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB6538Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a definition of "establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation" for purposes of the collective bargaining of certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB6324Intro
25%
To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
USHB6531Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a training program for certain senior executives and supervisors employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
USHB6874Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement a system or process to actively monitor the veteran self-service and data transmission functions of the main internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain adverse events, a...
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB6452Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB7100Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the organization of the Office of Survivors Assistance of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB7347Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on whether the Secretary will include certain psychedelic drugs in the formulary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB7150Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve equitable access to certain benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and to improve certain outreach to individuals who ser...
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB7342Intro
25%
To establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB7323Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of education offered by a public institution of higher learning that does not charge the in-State tuition rate to a veteran using certain educati...
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB7734Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require a notation in the personnel record file of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who resign from Government employment under certain circumstances.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB7643Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of Department of Veterans Affairs work-study allowance to carry out casework, policy making, and oversight related to the activities of the Department at certain congressional offices.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB7653Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to update certain terminology regarding veteran employment.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB7777Intro
25%
To increase, effective as of December 1, 2024, 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.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB7816Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of notice letters that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by t...
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB3722Engross
50%
To require a pilot program on activities under the pre-separation transition process of members of the Armed Forces for a reduction in suicide among veterans, and for other purposes.
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2024-04-30
Received in the Senate.
USHB5914Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processes to approve programs of education for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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2024-04-30
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB7888PassTo reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
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2024-04-20
Became Public Law No: 118-49.
USHB7765Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to use weapon screening technology at medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
USHB7738Intro
25%
To establish the Toxic Exposure Fund of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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2024-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
USHB7773Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces who require extra time to complete remedial and deficiency courses, and for other purpose...
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2024-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
USHB7729Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for headstones, markers, and burial receptacles under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals who died before November 11, 1998.
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2024-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
USHB7896Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the criteria for approval of certain independent study programs for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
USHB7898Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the administration of housing loans of the Department of Veterans Affairs to prevent or resolve default under such loans, and for other purposes.
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2024-04-19
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
USHR1158Intro
25%
Recognizing the anniversary of the establishment of the United States Naval Construction Force, known as the "Seabees", and the tremendous sacrifices and contributions by the Seabees who have fought and served on behalf of our country.
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2024-04-18
To House Armed Services Committee
USSR650Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing the anniversary of the establishment of the United States Naval Construction Force, known as the "Seabees", and the tremendous sacrifices and contributions by the Seabees who have fought and served on behalf of our country.
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2024-04-18
To Senate Armed Services Committee
USSB4166Intro
25%
A bill to authorize reimbursement to applicants for uniformed military service for co-payments of medical appointments required as part of the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) process.
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2024-04-18
To Senate Armed Services Committee
USHB6225Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for a housing loan guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals who performed active duty for training.
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2024-04-17
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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