Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Members

This committee has 15 members. Use the buttons below to see all of the members.

Legislation in this Committee

Below are the bills that are assigned to this committee in this legislative session. These bills and resolutions have been proposed by Members of Congress but may not have had any action taken on them on their path to becoming law. In fact, the vast majority of proposed legislation never becomes law.

Introduced Measures Pending Committee Consideration

S. 68: 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. 226: A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Havre, Montana, as the Merril Lundman Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.

S. 239: Veterans Health Equity Act of 2009

S. 246: Veterans Health Care Quality Improvement Act

S. 263: Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2009

S. 315: Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2009

S. 347: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to distinguish between the severity of a qualifying loss of a dominant hand and a qualifying loss of a non-dominant hand for purposes of traumatic injury protection under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, and for other purposes.

S. 362: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

S. 402: Keeping Our Promise to America's Military Veterans Act

S. 404: Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009

S. 498: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize dental insurance for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans, and for other purposes.

S. 514: Veterans Rehabilitation and Training Improvements Act of 2009

S. 543: Veteran and Servicemember Caregiver Support Act of 2009

S. 597: Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009

S. 658: Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009

S. 663: Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009

S. 691: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in southern Colorado region, and for other purposes.

S. 699: Far South Texas Veterans Medical Center Act of 2009

S. 734: Rural Veterans Health Care Access and Quality Act of 2009

S. 746: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in the Sarpy County region to serve veterans in eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, and northwest Missouri.

S. 772: Honor Act of 2009

S. 793: Department of Veterans Affairs Vision Scholars Act of 2009

S. 820: Veterans Mobility Enhancement Act of 2009

S. 821: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled, and for other purposes.

S. 842: A bill to repeal the sunset of certain enhancements of protections of servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay mortgage holders unpaid balances on housing loans guaranteed by Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

S. 847: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that utilization of survivors' and dependents' educational assistance shall not be subject to the 48-month limitation on the aggregate amount of assistance utilizable under multiple veterans and related educational assistance programs.

S. 919: Clarification of Characteristics of Combat Service Act of 2009

S. 977: Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2009

S. 1015: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance disability compensation for certain disabled veterans with difficulties using prostheses and disabled veterans in need of regular aid and attendance for residuals of traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.

S. 1016: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the commencement of the period of payment of original awards of compensation for veterans who are retired or separated from the uniformed services for disability.

S. 1109: PRO-VETS Act of 2009

S. 1118: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of monthly dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

S. 1155: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for health.

S. 1204: Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2009

S. 1302: Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2009

S. 1310: A bill to authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.

S. 1394: Veterans Entitlement to Service Act of 2009

S. 1427: Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital Quality Report Card Act of 2009

S. 1429: Servicemembers Mental Health Care Commission Act

S. 1444: COMBAT PTSD Act

S. 1450: A bill to enable State homes to furnish nursing home care to parents any of whose children died while serving in the Armed Forces.

S. 1452: COMBAT PTSD Act

S. 1467: Lance Corporal Josef Lopez Fairness for Servicemembers Harmed by Vaccines Act of 2009

S. 1483: A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Alexandria, Minnesota, as the "Max J. Beilke Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".

S. 1493: A bill to designate the current and future Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky, as the "Robley Rex Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

S. 1495: Service Dogs for Veterans Act of 2009

S. 1518: Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2009

S. 1531: Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2009

S. 1547: Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness Act of 2009

S. 1556: Veteran Voting Support Act of 2009

S. 1607: Wounded Veteran Job Security Act of 2009

S. 1668: National Guard Education Equality Act

S. 1752: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease.

S. 1753: Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2009

S. 1779: Health Care for Veterans Exposed to Chemical Hazards Act of 2009

S. 1780: Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act

S. 1784: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that State approving agencies provide timely responses to applications for approval of courses of education and provide justifications for disapproval of courses, to provide for the review of the disapproval of courses by State approving agencies, and for other purposes.

S. 1785: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require State approving agencies to approve courses of education that have been accredited and approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, and for other purposes.

S. 1798: Automatic Reserve Component Enrollment Act of 2009

S. 1866: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries.

S. 1939: Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009

S. 1940: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study on the effects on children of exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of the United States and allied military operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.

S. 2096: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries.

S. 2751: A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Big Spring, Texas, as the George H. O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Medical Center.

S. 2760: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the annual amount authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans.

S. 2769: Post-9/11 Veterans' Job Training Act of 2009

S.Res. 33: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

S.Res. 115: A resolution recognizing the crucial role of assistance dogs in helping wounded veterans live more independent lives, expressing gratitude to The Tower of Hope, and supporting the goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day.

Bills and Resolutions Referred to this Committee on the Legislative Calendar

S. 252: Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009

S. 423: Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

S. 669: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

S. 728: Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2009

S. 801: Caregiver and Veterans Health Services Act of 2009

S. 1237: Homeless Women Veterans and Homeless Veterans with Children Act of 2009

Bills and Resolutions Voted on in One Chamber, or Failed Passage

H.R. 23: Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009

H.R. 174: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region.

H.R. 402: To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".

H.R. 466: Wounded Veteran Job Security Act

H.R. 1037: Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2009

H.R. 1088: Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009

H.R. 1089: Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009

H.R. 1168: Veterans Retraining Act of 2009

H.R. 1170: To amend chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, to establish a grant program to encourage the development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing.

H.R. 1171: Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

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.

H.R. 1211: Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act

H.R. 1293: Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009

H.R. 1513: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009

H.R. 2770: Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations Enhancement Act of 2009

H.R. 3155: Caregiver Assistance and Resource Enhancement Act

H.R. 3157: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Alexandria, Minnesota, as the "Max J. Beilke Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".

H.R. 3219: Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act of 2009

H.R. 3949: Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009

S.Res. 340: A resolution expressing support for designation of a National Veterans History Project Week to encourage public participation in a nationwide project that collects and preserves the stories of the men and women who served our Nation in times of war and conflict.

Bills Considered by this Committee that have been Enacted

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.

S. 407: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009

S. 475: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

S. 509: A bill to authorize a major medical facility project at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Walla Walla, Washington, and for other purposes.