Subject Armed forces and national security | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | HB258 | Stolen Valor Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to rewrite provisions relating to fraudulent claims about military service to subject to a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both an individual who, with intent to obtain mon... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-21 Received in the Senate. |
| US | HB671 | Ruth Moore Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), in any case in which a veteran claims that a covered mental health condition was incurred in or aggravated by military sexual trauma during active duty, to accept as sufficient ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-17 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 38. |
| US | HB570 | American Heroes COLA Act - Requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall increase by the s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-17 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 37. |
| US | HB384 | Homes for Heroes Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Office of the Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veteran... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 |
| US | HB1080 | Amends the Sikes Act (conservation programs on federal lands) to allow funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) to be obligated for future costs of natural resource maintenance and improvement activities on military installations and sta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB910 | Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes title I of the Sikes Act (conservation programs on military installations) for FY2015-FY2019. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | SB927 | Veterans' Outreach Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3528) |
| US | SB930 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in cases of overpayments of educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, to deduct amounts for repayment from the last months of educational... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | SB932 | Putting Veterans Funding First Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | SB131 | Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013 - Includes fertility counseling and treatment within authorized Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical services. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish such counseling a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB633 | Authorizes payment under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiary travel program of travel expenses in connection with medical examination, treatment, or care of a veteran with vision impairment, a spinal cord injury or disorder, or double... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB229 | Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Act of 2013 - Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Cente... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB845 | Extends through 2019 (under current law, 2014) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health professionals educational assistance program. Repeals the current $60,000 per-individual limit on education debt reduction payments made by the VA with resp... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB851 | Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2013 - Extends to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury the eligibility to participate in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program of comprehensive assistance to family caregivers of s... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB412 | Reduces lease amounts authorized in previous fiscal years for VA outpatient clinics in: (1) Johnson County, Kansas; (2) San Diego, California; and (3) Tyler, Texas. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB422 | Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides chiropractic care and service... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB455 | Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, or care. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB800 | Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act of 2013 - Redesignates the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, Texas, as the "Treto Garza South Texas Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center." Directs the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB877 | Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB926 | National Guard Youth Education Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB928 | Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB529 | Changes the commencement for the period of military service at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for purposes of eligibility for hospital care and medical services for specified illnesses or conditions related to exposure to contaminated water at such in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB49 | Veterans Health Equity Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with respect to each of the 48 contiguous states, to ensure that veterans who are eligible for hospital care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB325 | Makes a child eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) eligible for such care until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status. Makes such provisi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB825 | Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013 - Requires public or private nonprofit entities that receive grants under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to agree to meet the physical, privacy, sa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB922 | Veterans Equipped for Success Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing subsidies to employers employing eligible individuals in order to provide such ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB832 | Improving the Lives of Children with Spina Bifida Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing contracted case management services (servic... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB522 | Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants to eligible institutions to: (1) establish a master's or doctoral degree program in orthotics and prosthetics, or (2) expand upon an existing m... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB543 | VISN Reorganization Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to organize the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) into 12 geographically defined Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs). Directs the Secretary to ensure that each VI... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB287 | Includes as a homeless veteran, for purposes of eligibility for benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a veteran or veteran's family fleeing domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threaten... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB852 | Veterans' Health Promotion Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate and operate at least one center of innovation for complementary and alternative medicine in health research, education, and clinical activities in ea... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | HB1714 | Shelter Our Servicemembers Act - Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to jointly establish a two-year pilot program of grants to nonprofit organizations to provide elderly homeless veterans with non... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | SB894 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend expiring authority for work-study allowances for individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | SR132 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense request for domestic Base Realignment and Closure authority in 2015 and 2017 is neither affordable nor feasible as of the date of agreement to this resolution and that the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1774 | Wounded Veteran Job Security Act - Expands the definition of "service in the uniformed services" for the purposes of uniformed servicemembers' employment and reemployment rights to include a period for which a person is absent from a positi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1759 | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the number of, and average response time to, requests made by the Secretary to the head of another federal department or agency for information required in adju... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | SB893 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1805 | Veterans Claims Efficiency Through Automation Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include in a required annual VA activities and costs report to Congress a report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation during the p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB357 | GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), for purposes of the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary, to disapprove courses of education provided by public institutions of higher edu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB1405 | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include, within a notification to a claimant of the decision to deny a benefit sought, a form that may be used to appeal such decision. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB602 | Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), considering any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or exp... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged. |
| US | HB1824 | VA Regional Office Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in a required annual report on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) expenditures and activities a report on each VA regional office that failed to reach admin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1702 | Veterans Transportation Service Act - Makes permanent (under current law, expires on January 10, 2014) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in co... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | HB1725 | Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act - Makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | SB875 | Department of Veterans Affairs Disease Reporting and Oversight Act of 2013 - Requires the director of a Veterans Integrated Service Network, within 24 hours after confirming the presence of a notifiable infectious disease (any infectious disease that... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB871 | Combating Military Sexual Assault Act of 2013 - Directs each military department Secretary to implement a program providing a Special Victims' Counsel (Counsel) to a victim of a sexual assault committed by a member of the Armed Forces (member). Outli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB868 | Filipino Veterans Promise Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish a process for determining whether individuals who served in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines or in the Philippin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB889 | Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | HB1490 | Veterans' Privacy Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe regulations to ensure that any visual recording made of a patient during the course of furnishing care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is carried out only ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1640 | Cyber Warrior Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish in each state and the District of Columbia a separate team of National Guard members to be known as the Cyber and Computer Network Incident Response Team to perform analy... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
