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110th Congress (2007–2008)

S. Con. Res. 21
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012
Costs $26,709.88 per family

S. 3023
The Veterans' Notice Clarification Act of 2008 (9 wiki edits »)
Costs $1.24 per family

S. 617
The Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act (2 comments »)
Saves $3.65 per family

H.R. 5490
The Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2007 (1 comment »)

P.L. 110-166
The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 (10 comments | 9 wiki edits »)
Saves $549.27 per family

H.R. 4884
The Helping Our Veterans to Keep Their Homes Act of 2008 (6 wiki edits »)

H.R. 4020
The Military Success in Iraq Commemoration Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3990
The Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Act (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3933
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the election to include combat pay as earned income for purposes of the earned income tax credit and penalty-free distributions from retirement plans to individuals called to active duty, and for other purposes

H.R. 3793
The Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007 (1 comment | 5 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3567
The Small Business Investment Expansion Act of 2007 (1 comment | 6 wiki edits »)
Costs $1.00 per family

H.R. 3629
The Providing Tax Fairness for Service Members and Veterans Act of 2007

H.R. 2881
The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007 (66 comments | 15 wiki edits »)
Costs $506.15 per family

S. 1315
The Disabled Veterans Insurance Improvement Act of 2007 (9 comments | 4 wiki edits »)
Costs $9.24 per family

H.R. 3467
The Second Chance for America's Veterans Act

H.R. 2874
The Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act of 2007 (1 comment | 9 wiki edits »)
Costs $1.85 per family

P.L. 110-206
The Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act
Costs $13.95 per family

S. 1645
The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Costs $813.52 per family

H.R. 1332
The Small Business Lending Improvements Act of 2007
Costs $22.49 per family

H. Con. Res. 99
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012
Costs $26,771.08 per family

S. 994
The Disabled Veterans Fairness Act

H.R. 1435
The Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2007

H.R. 81
The Bartlett Montgomery GI Bill Act (10 comments »)

H.R. 6832
The Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008 (4 wiki edits »)

P.L. 110-317
The Hubbard Act (1 comment | 5 wiki edits »)
Costs $0.06 per family

S. 3376
The United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2008

H.R. 6221
The Veteran-Owned Small Business Protection and Clarification Act of 2008 (7 wiki edits »)
Costs $2.84 per family

H.R. 4255
The United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2007 (11 wiki edits »)
Costs $0.46 per family

H.R. 674
To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the provision of law requiring termination of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans as of December 31, 2009 (6 wiki edits »)
Costs $0.03 per family

H.R. 6497
To require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who were forced to perform slave labor by the Imperial Government of Japan or by corporations of Japan during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes (1 comment »)

H.R. 3329
The Homes for Heroes Act of 2007 (8 wiki edits »)
Costs $15.86 per family

H.R. 6268
The HONOR Warriors Act (3 wiki edits »)

S. 3107
A bill to require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who were forced to perform slave labor by the Imperial Government of Japan or by corporations of Japan during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes

H.R. 6075
The National Guard and Reserve Mental Health Access Act of 2008

H.R. 3681
The Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2007 (10 wiki edits »)

S. 3008
The HONOR Warriors Act

H.R. 5664
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update at least once every six years the plans and specifications for specially adapted housing furnished to veterans by the Secretary (9 wiki edits »)

H.R. 5729
The Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act (9 wiki edits »)
Costs $0.10 per family

S. 2984
The Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2008

H.R. 5830
The FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008 (18 comments | 7 wiki edits »)
Costs $26.30 per family

H.R. 5947
The Returning Soldiers' Bill of Rights Act

S. 2963
A bill to improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes

S. 2934
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in State cemeteries

H.R. 5831
The Separating Servicemember Handbook Development Act (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 5825
The Hubbard Act (3 wiki edits »)

S. 2874
The Hubbard Act

H.R. 5663
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the rates of basic educational assistance payable under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (3 wiki edits »)

S. 2764
A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance protections for servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 5576
The Veteran Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2008 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 5563
The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 5564
Jenny's Law (3 wiki edits »)

H. Con. Res. 312
Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013
Costs $26,276.56 per family

H.R. 5525
The Inclusion of Veteran Service Organizations in the National Veterans Business Development Corporation Board Act

S. 2677
The Supporting Education for Returning Veterans Act of 2008

S. 2658
A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member from the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure

S. 2644
A bill to clarify and improve information for members and former members of the Armed Forces on upgrades of discharge, to prohibit personality disorder discharges in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes

H.R. 5316
The Universal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

S. 2573
The Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act

H.R. 5155
The Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008 (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 5143
The Securing Success for Veterans on Campus Act of 2008

H.R. 5148
The Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008 (1 comment | 3 wiki edits »)

S. 2550
The Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008

S. 2536
The Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008

H.R. 5034
The Veterans Education Benefits Extension Act of 2008 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 5037
The Legislative Branch Recognizes the Value of Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Act of 2008

H.R. 4853
The Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 4883
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for a limitation on the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property owned by a servicemember during the one-year period following the servicemember's period of military service (6 wiki edits »)

H.R. 4889
The The Guard and Reserves Are Fighting Too Act of 2008 (6 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3866
The Small Business Programs Act of 2007 (6 wiki edits »)
Costs $125.90 per family

H.R. 4750
The Tax Relief and Fulfilling Our Obligation to Patriotic Soldiers Act of 2007

H.R. 4539
The Department of Veterans Affairs Loan Guaranty Cost Reduction Act of 2007 (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 4334
To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that a member of the uniformed services who no longer satisfies the eligibility conditions for receipt of a bonus or similar benefit because of the death of the member or the retirement or separation of the member due to injury, illness, or other impairment will still receive the balance of the bonus or similar benefit and is not required to repay any portion of the bonus or similar benefit previously paid (3 wiki edits »)

S. 2383
A bill to require a pilot program on the mobile provision of care and services for veterans in rural areas by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes

H.R. 4202
The Inclusive Home Design Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 4161
The Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 4130
The Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2007 (1 comment | 3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 4141
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in State cemeteries (3 wiki edits »)

S. 2330
The Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act

H.R. 4104
The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

H.R. 4084
The Veterans Quality of Life Study Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 4046
The Student Disability Fairness Act (3 wiki edits »)

S. 2273
The Enhanced Opportunities for Formerly Homeless Veterans Residing in Permanent Housing Act of 2007

H.R. 3970
The Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 (1 comment »)

H.R. 3867
The Small Business Contracting Program Improvements Act (6 wiki edits »)
Costs $0.69 per family

H.R. 3816
The Military Financial Assistance Act of 2007

H.R. 3748
The Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act

H.R. 3742
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the use of qualified mortgage bonds to finance residences for veterans without regard to the first-time homebuyer requirement

S. 2090
A bill to protect privacy and security concerns in court records

S. 2091
A bill to increase the number of the court's active judges

H.R. 3502
The Wounded Warriors Commission Implementation Act of 2007 (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3415
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers for the purpose of commemorating servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3423
The United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act (3 wiki edits »)

S. 1163
The Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act of 2007
Costs $0.11 per family

H.R. 2857
The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act (11 comments | 7 wiki edits »)
Costs $38.67 per family

H.R. 3350
The Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3298
The 21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3249
The Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3260
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to modify regulations to provide that certain Federal subsidies shall not be considered a grant made with respect to a building or its operation for purposes of the low-income housing tax credit

H.R. 3210
The Wounded Warriors Expansion of Care Act of 2007 (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3190
The Opt Out of Iraq War Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3191
The Wounded Warrior Information Sharing Act (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 1315
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide specially adaptive housing assistance to certain disabled members of the Armed Forces residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member (7 wiki edits »)
Costs $0.10 per family

H.R. 3125
The Opt Out of Iraq War Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3099
The National Guard and Reserve Higher Education Fairness Act (3 wiki edits »)

S. 1822
The Interest Relief Act

S. 1830
The Interest Relief Act

S. 1794
The Interest Relief Act

H.R. 3047
The Veterans Claims Processing Innovation Act of 2007 (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2996
The Military Retiree Dislocation Assistance Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 3008
The Rural Veterans Services Outreach and Training Act (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2943
The Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2007 (2 comments | 3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2795
The Reasonable Rates for Veterans Act (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2721
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop, and the Secretary of Defense to distribute to members of the Armed Forces upon their discharge or release from active duty, information in a compact disk read-only memory format that lists and explains the health, education, and other benefits for which veterans are eligible under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (5 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2696
The Veterans' Dignified Burial Assistance Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2699
To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal authority for adjustments to per diem payments to homeless veterans service centers for receipt of other sources of income, to extend authorities for certain programs to benefit homeless veterans, and for other purposes (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2579
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of funds in the Department of Veterans Affairs readjustment benefits accounts and funds appropriated for such purpose to provide funding for State approving agencies

H.R. 2475
The Veteran Home Equity Conversation Mortgage Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

S. 1454
The Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2007

S. 1468
The Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2007

H.R. 2434
The Veterans Right to Know Act of 2007

H.R. 2417
The Montgomery GI Bill Second Chance Act of 2007 (1 comment »)

H.R. 67
The Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2007
Costs $0.74 per family

H.R. 2378
The Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2385
The 21st Century GI Bill of Rights Act of 2007 (5 comments »)

H.R. 2346
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a process for determining whether a geographic area is sufficiently served by the national cemeteries located in that geographic area

S. 1409
The 21st Century GI Bill of Rights Act of 2007

H.R. 2257
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of benefits claims representatives employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and to ensure that there are not fewer than two such claims representatives located at each center for the provision of readjustment counseling and related mental health services established under section 1712A of title 38, United States Code (commonly referred to as a "vet center"), to help reduce the backlog of claims pending with the Department of Veterans Affairs (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2259
To ensure that members of the National Guard and Reserves are able to fully participate in the benefits delivery at discharge program administered jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide information and assistance on available benefits and other transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces who are separating from the Armed Forces (4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2219
The Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2190
The Advisory Committee on Rural Veterans Act of 2007 (3 wiki edits »)

H.R. 2125
The Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act of 2007 (9 comments »)

S. 1289
The Veterans' Justice Assurance Act of 2007

S. 1266
The Veterans' Dignified Burial Assistance Act of 2007 (1 comment »)

H.R. 1642
The Homeless Veterans Housing at Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center Promotion Act

S. 1215
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and improve certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes

H.R. 1960
The A Home for the Brave Act

H.R. 1925
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a separate Veterans Integrated Service Network for the Gulf Coast region of the United States

H.R. 1936
To amend the Small Business Act to increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns

H.R. 1863
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct at two-year pilot program to use a mobile processing unit to perform certain services of the Department of Veterans Affairs

S. 1084
The Homes for Heroes Act of 2007

H.R. 1824
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of programs of education for which accelerated payments of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used, and for other purposes

H. Con. Res. 109
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012

H.R. 1750
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member of the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure under that Act

H.R. 1641
The Montgomery GI Bill Integration Act of 2007

H.R. 1645
The Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007 (24 comments | 4 wiki edits »)

H.R. 1570
The Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act

S. 874
The Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act of 2007

H.R. 1490
To provide for a presumption of service-connectedness for certain claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes

H.R. 1511
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief with respect to rent and mortgage payments for members of the reserve components who are called to active duty and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit to lessors for payments foregone by reason of such relief

H.R. 1472
The Disabled Veterans Fairness Act (2 comments »)

H.R. 1444
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make interim benefit payments under certain remanded claims, and for other purposes

H.R. 1370
The Disabled Veterans Sports and Special Events Promotion Act of 2007

H.R. 1330
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend the time limit for the use of education assistance by members of the Selected Reserve and members of the reserve component supporting contingency operations and certain other operations

H.R. 1318
The Veterans' Benefits Protection Act

H.R. 1265
The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Equity Act of 2007 (3 comments »)

H.R. 1273
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and to restore the headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons

S. 723
The Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2007

H.R. 1226
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the basic educational assistance program of the Department of Veterans Affairs

H.R. 1211
The Resuming Education After Defense Service Act of 2007

H.R. 1214
The Veterans' Survivors Education Enhancement Act

S. 698
The Veterans' Survivors Education Enhancement Act of 2007

H.R. 963
The Veterans Travel Fairness Act (1 comment »)

S. 526
The VET Act

H.R. 728
The Veterans Reassignment Protection Act

H.R. 652
The Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act (1 comment »)

H.R. 653
The Joseph I. Hoover Combat Veteran Affidavit Act of 2007

H.R. 675
The Disabled Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement Act

H.R. 542
To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes

H.R. 403
The Disabled Veteran Housing Simplification Act of 2007 (1 comment »)

H.R. 418
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts

H.R. 358
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and make permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for Government markers for marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries, and for other purposes

S. 67
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such aircraft (9 comments »)

S. 66
A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II

S. 57
The Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007 (14 comments »)

H.R. 112
The G.I. Advanced Education in Science and Technology Act

H.R. 109
The Disabled Veteran Small Business Eligibility Expansion Act of 2007 (5 comments »)

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