WashingtonWatch.com - Budget Category: Veterans Benefits and Services

H.R. 1168, The Veterans Retraining Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $3.11

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1168 would amend chapter 42 of title 38, United States Code, to provide certain veterans with employment training assistance....

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H.R. 3949, The Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.72

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3949 would amend title 38, United States Code, and the Servicemember Civil Relief Act, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs....

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S. 252, The Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $5.51

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 252 would amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care professionals, and to improve the provision of health care to veterans....

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S. 801, The Family Caregiver Program Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $58.93

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 801 would amend title 38, United States Code, to waive charges for humanitarian care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to family members accompanying veterans severely injured after September 11, 2001, as they receive medical care from the Department and to provide assistance to family caregivers....

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S. 728, The Veterans' Insurance and Benefits Enhancement Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $6.37

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 728 would amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance veterans' insurance benefits....

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H.R. 3221, The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $14.69

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3221 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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H.R. 3219, The Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $8.35

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3219 would amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to insurance and health care....

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H.R. 3155, The Caregiver Assistance and Resource Enhancement Act - Cost per Average Family: $1.73

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3155 would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide certain caregivers of veterans with training, support, and medical care....

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P.L. 111-37, The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 407 would increase, effective as of December 1, 2009, 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....

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H.R. 1293, The Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.18

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1293 would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services....

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H.R. 2770, The Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations Enhancement Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2770 would amend title 38, United States Code, to modify and update provisions of law relating to nonprofit research and education corporations....

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S. 423, The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $1567.48

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 423 would amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize advance appropriations for certain medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs by providing two-fiscal year budget authority....

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H.R. 1172, To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1172 would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors....

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H.R. 2180, To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive housing loan fees for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities called to active service - Savings per Average Family: $0.01

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2180 would amend title 38, United States Code, to waive housing loan fees for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities called to active service....

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P.L. 111-81, The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $1670.68

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1016 would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide advance appropriations authority for certain medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs....

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H.R. 1037, The Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.43

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1037 would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot project to test the feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of certain qualifying work-study activities under title 38, United States Code....

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H.R. 1211, The Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act - Cost per Average Family: $1.47

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1211 would amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs....

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H.R. 1089, The Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.59

Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1089 would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the enforcement through the Office of Special Counsel of the employment and unemployment rights of veterans and members of the Armed Forces employed by Federal executive agencies....

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H.R. 1088, The Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.03

Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1088 would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a one-year period for the training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute....

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H.R. 23, The Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $4.09

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 23 would amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II....

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H.R. 1171, The Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $2.00

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1171 would amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program for fiscal years 2010 through 2014....

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H.R. 1377, To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.20

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1377 would amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility....

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P.L. 110-324, The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $512.50

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2617 would increase, effective as of December 1, 2008, 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....

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P.L. 110-389, The Veterans' Notice Clarification Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $0.10

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3023 would amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe regulations relating to the notice to be provided claimants with the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding the substantiation of claims....

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P.L. 110-417, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.23

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3001 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and it would prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year....

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