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Most committees are additionally subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership selected according to the full committee's rules. [3] [4] The only standing committee with no subcommittees is the Budget Committee. The modern House committees were brought into existence through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. This bill ...
Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education Improvement Act of 2013; Long title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a two-year extension of the Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Education. Announced in: the 113th United States Congress: Sponsored by: Rep. John K. Delaney (D, MD-6) Number of co-sponsors: 1: Codification; U.S.C ...
Jurisdiction [1] includes retiring and disability pensions, life insurance, education (including the G.I. Bill), vocational training, medical care, and home loan guarantees. The committee oversees the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), veterans' hospitals, and veterans' cemeteries, except cemeteries under the Secretary of the Interior.
The committee was created in 1970 to transfer responsibilities for veterans from the Finance and Labor committees to a single panel. From 1947 to 1970, matters relating to veterans compensation and veterans generally were referred to the Committee on Finance, while matters relating to the vocational rehabilitation, education, medical care, civil relief, and civilian readjustment of veterans ...
This is a complete list of U.S. congressional committees (standing committees and select or special committees) that are operating in the United States Senate. Senators can be a member of more than one committee. Senate Committee on Rules & Administration (1995)
From the House Rules: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, which shall have legislative, oversight and investigative jurisdiction over education of veterans, employment and training of veterans, vocational rehabilitation, veterans’ housing programs, readjustment of servicemembers to civilian life, and servicemembers civil relief.
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.. The structure of the United States Congress with a separate House and Senate (respectively the lower and upper houses of the bicameral legislature) is complex with numerous committees handling a disparate array of topics presided over by elected officers.
S. 686: RESTRICT Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 7, 2023) S. 701: Women's Health Protection Act of 2023 (placed on Legislative Calendar on March 9, 2023) S. 870: Fire Grants and Safety Act (pending before the House as of April 24, 2023) S. 916: Junk Fee Prevention Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 22, 2023)