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Towards the end of the Civil War, Congress passed the first significant veterans' preference legislation.This act provided that: Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity ...
The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 (H.R. 3230; Pub. L. 113–146 (text)), also known as the Veterans Choice Act, is a United States public law that is intended to address the ongoing Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014.
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country.
The VA offers several education and career readiness programs including tuition assistance, vocational training, and career counseling. [6] The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (commonly known as the "Post 9/11 GI Bill") provides full tuition and fees at four-year colleges or other qualified educational programs for Veterans who served on active duty for at least 3 years ...
This category contains statutes enacted by the United States Congress pertaining to Veterans of the U.S. military. Proposed, but not enacted, legislation should be included in Category:United States proposed federal legislation, not here.
Until the Civil Service Due Process Amendments Act of 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101-376, 104 Stat. 461), employees in the excepted service who did not have veteran's preference did not have the right to appeal adverse actions to the United States Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). These amendments made it so that most employees in the excepted ...
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);
The Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-48), commonly known as the "Forever GI Bill", eliminated the 15-year use-it-or-lose-it constraint associated with the Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefit.