Subject Disability assistance | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | 2013-05-21 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. |
| 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 | SB893 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 [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 | HB569 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2013, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing al... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . |
| US | HB1402 | Veterans Paralympic Act of 2013 - Extends, until FY2018, the yearly: (1) $2 million appropriations authorization for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paral... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . |
| US | HB894 | Provides that, when in the opinion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) a temporary fiduciary is needed to protect the benefits of a VA beneficiary while a determination of incompetency is being made or appealed or a fiduciary is appealing a det... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . |
| US | HB1722 | Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Director of the Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Labor, to review forms for obtai... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | HB1739 | Veterans Backlog Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), in the case of any claim for veterans' disability compensation that is not adjudicated within 125 days after submission, to pay such claimant provisional benefits, from ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | HB1742 | Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude as family income for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing assistance purposes any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) paymen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SCR15 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Chained Consumer Price Index should not be used to: (1) calculate cost of living adjustments for Social Security benefits or benefits for disabled veterans and their survivors, or (2) increase the tax burden o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | HB798 | Workforce Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1502 | Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to declare that for any month that an individual is entitled ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | SB695 | Veterans Paralympic Act of 2013 - Extends, until FY2018, the yearly: (1) $2 million appropriations authorization for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paral... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 |
| US | HB1372 | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), within one year after the enactment of this Act, to establish and maintain a special record to be known as the Canadian Forces Base Gagetown Health Registry containing the name of each individual who, w... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB1131 | Permits a member of the Armed Forces (member) who is involuntarily separated from active duty or the Selected Reserve and who has a service-connected disability (and the member's dependents) to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| US | HB803 | Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act or SKILLS Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 |
| US | SB420 | Tax Return Due Date Simplification and Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change tax return due dates for partnerships (from April 15 to March 15, with a six-month extension), S corporations (from March 15 to March 31), a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | HB901 | Tax Return Due Date Simplification and Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change tax return due dates for partnerships (from April 15 to March 15, with a six-month extension), S corporations (from March 15 to March 31), a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| US | HB825 | Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude as family income for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing assistance purposes any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) paymen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 |
| US | HB811 | Never Forget 9/11 Heroes Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to add the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the World Trade Center Health Program Fund to the list of programs ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 |
| US | SB377 | Never Forget 9/11 Heroes Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to add the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the World Trade Center Health Program Fund to the list of programs ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 |
| US | SB346 | Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 |
| US | SB294 | 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] | 2013-02-13 |
| US | HB369 | Reducing Barriers to Veterans' Benefits Act - Presumes a service connection, for veterans' benefits purposes, for diagnosed hearing loss, tinnitus, or both, for veterans who, during active military service: (1) were assigned to a military occupationa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 |
| US | HB411 | Fort McClellan Health Registry Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a special record to be known as the Fort McClellan Health Registry containing the name of each individual who, while serving in the Armed Fo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-08 |
| US | HB164 | Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights within the United States and on scheduled overseas flights on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected, permanent disa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 |
| US | HB242 | Legal Agricultural Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a W-visa nonimmigrant classification for temporary agricultural workers. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish: (1) a nonimmigrant temporary... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-25 |
| US | HB183 | Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic m... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-22 |
| US | HB160 | Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate: (1) the five-month waiting period for an individual (including a disabled widow or widower)... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-15 |
| US | HB286 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow biological parents of handicapped children to exclude from their gross incomes difficulty of care payments made to them under a state or local foster care program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-15 |
