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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 ...
A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty (rather than the general duties of Congress). Committee membership enables members to develop specialized knowledge of the matters under their jurisdiction.
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.
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)
Congressional oversight includes the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation. [1] Congress exercises this power largely through its congressional committee system. Oversight also occurs in a wide variety of congressional activities and contexts.
In December 2010 Congress passed the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2010. The new law, often referred to as GI Bill 2.0, expands eligibility for members of the National Guard to include time served on Title 32 or in the full-time Active Guard and Reserve (AGR).
Dec. 29—SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A pair of basketball players with Lima connections are on the ballot for the Veterans Committee of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. Cleo Vaughn, who moved to ...
The committee system has grown and evolved over the years. During the earliest Congresses, select committees, created to perform a specific function and terminated when the task was completed, performed the overwhelming majority of the committee work. The first committee to be established by Congress was on April 2, 1789, during the First Congress.