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The Veterans' Affairs Committee does not have legislative jurisdiction [1] over the following issues: Tax status of veterans benefits and contributions to Veterans Service Organizations (Committee on Ways and Means); Military retiree issues, including COLA's and disability pay (Committee on Armed Services);
To amend title 10, United States Code, to make certain improvements to services and benefits for veterans and separating members of the Armed Forces with respect to apprenticeship programs, and for other purposes. H.R. 172: January 4, 2021: United States Anti-Doping Agency Reauthorization Act of 2021
To increase, effective as of December 1, 2023, 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. S. 30: January 24, 2023: Fiscal Year 2023 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
A nomination for Secretary of Veterans Affairs is reviewed during hearings held by the members of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, then presented to the full Senate for a vote. Air Force colonel and former congressman Doug Collins of Georgia was announced as Trump's nominee for the position on November 14, 2024.
The Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, and National Nuclear Security Administration are excluded from the bill. U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, is sponsoring the ...
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; Long title: An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
The 28 deaths at the veterans home equaled about 19% of the facility's 145-bed capacity, according to the LFC report. The percentage was higher than the state average, one analyst told lawmakers ...
The Lao Veterans of America, its Washington, D.C. Director, Philip Smith, and others, as well as tens of thousands of LVA members and their families, dedicated the monument in Arlington National Cemetery. [5] The LVA's Laotian and Hmong veterans also received national recognition at the Vietnam War Memorial for their covert service.