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H 1014 - Palazzo
Military Technicians and Military Personnel Accounts
03/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that military technicians (dual status) shall be included in military personnel accounts for purposes of any order issued under that Act.

H 1079 - Speier
Military Justice and Convening Authority
03/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to eliminate the authority of the convening authority to modify the findings and sentence of a court-martial as a matter of command prerogative involving the sole discretion of the convening authority.

H 1080 - Bordallo
Sikes Act and Interagency Cooperation
05/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Amends the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for land management related to Department of Defense readiness activities and amends Title 10, United States Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs to avoid or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness activities.

H 1081 - Buchanan
Foreign Terrorists and Trial by Military Tribunal
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Requires that all foreign terrorists with links to terrorist networks who attack the United States or its Government be considered enemy combatants to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian courts.

H 1095 - Miller J
Airport Checkpoints and Unclaimed Money
03/27/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY: Referred to Subcommittee on TRANSPORTATION SECURITY.
Amends Title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to nonprofit organizations that provide places of rest and recuperation at airports for members of the Armed Forces and their families.

H 110 - Hanabusa
Secretary of the Army
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Requires 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.

H 1109 - Grayson
Defense Contracts and Cost
03/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require cost or price to the Federal Government be given at least equal importance as technical or other criteria in evaluating competitive proposals for defense contracts.

H 1131 - Denham
Military Commissary Privileges and Disabilities
03/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges, without time-period limitation, to members of the Armed Forces who are involuntarily separated with a service-connected disability and also to extend such privileges to their dependents.

H 1132 - Denham
Veterans Affairs and Defense Personnel Records
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to jointly ensure that the Vet Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs have access to the Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval system and the Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Identity Repository system.

H 1134 - Gallego
Veterans in Rural Areas Health Care Pilot Program
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a grant program and pilot program designed to improve the delivery of health care to veterans residing in rural areas.

H 1169 - Amodei
Land Transfer
05/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy certain Federal land in Churchill County, Nevada.

H 1171 - Benishek
Veterans Service Organizations and Surplus Property
05/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM: Ordered to be reported.
Amends Title 40, United States Code, to improve veterans service organizations access to Federal surplus personal property.

H 1222 - Hanabusa
Compact of Free Association and Impact Aid
03/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcmt on FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, OCEANS AND INSULAR AFFAIRS.
Amends the Compact of Free Association of 1985 to provide for adequate Compact-impact aid to affected States and territories.

H 1223 - Hunter
Servicemembers and Mortgage Refinancing
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to ensure that relocation of a servicemember to serve on active duty away from the servicemember's principal residence does not prevent the servicemember from refinancing a mortgage on that principal residence.

H 1236 - Jones
Physical Evaluation Board and Behavioral Health
04/05/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require the inclusion of a behavioral health professional on any armed forces-related physical evaluation board that considers issues of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health condition.

H 1238 - Braley
Long Term Costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom
03/18/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Directs the President to submit to Congress a report on the long-term costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan.

H 124 - Jones
Department of the Navy
01/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Redesignates the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.

H 1251 - Negrete McLeod
Veterans and Minority Serving Institutions
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants with minority serving institutions for the purpose of establishing verified delivery systems to address social and academic problems facing veterans enrolled at such institutions.

H 1253 - Poe
Foreign Assistance to Pakistan
03/19/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Prohibits foreign assistance to Pakistan until the tuition assistance program of the Department of Defense is fully funded.

H 1265 - O'Rourke
Armed Forces Tuition Assistance Programs
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Requires the continuation of tuition assistance programs for members of the Armed Forces for the remainder of fiscal year 2013.

H 1269 - Radel
Use of Lethal Military Force Against US Citizens
04/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Prohibits the use of lethal military force against citizens of the United States located within the United States.

H 1284 - Brownley
Disabled Veterans and Travel
05/21/2013 - Subcommittee on HEALTH hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation.

H 1288 - Butterfield
WWII Coastwise Merchant Seamen and Veteran Status
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II.

H 1302 - Scott A
Foreign Military Financing to Egypt Prohibition
03/20/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Prohibits foreign military financing to Egypt.

H 1305 - Wenstrup
Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program Eligibility
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide clarification regarding eligibility for services under the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.

H 1316 - Flores
Veterans Employment and Training Directors
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans' Employment and Training.

H 1332 - Bustos
Federal Contracts and Domestic Employment
03/21/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Titles 10 and 41, United States Code, to allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract.

H 1333 - Cartwright
Family of Uniformed Service Members and Annual Leave
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members.

H 1339 - Tierney
Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States
01/10/2013 - Public Law No. 112-241
Amends the body of laws of the United States dealing with the National Guard, to recognize the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.

H 1344 - Gabbard
Veterans and Expedited Air Passenger Screening
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION.
Amends Title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration to provide expedited air passenger screening to severely injured or disabled members of the Armed Forces and severely injured or disabled veterans.

H 1357 - Johnson B
Veterans Retraining Assistance Program
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends the Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to improve the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program by providing assistance under such program for certain training programs that are considered less than full-time.

H 1359 - Jones
Secretary of Defense
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose the cost of any transportation provided by the Secretary to members, officers, or employees of the House of Representatives or Senate who are carrying out official duties outside the United States.

H 1360 - Jones
Retired Armed Forces Overpayments
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends title 10, United States Code; provides for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members of the Armed Forces following their death.

H 1372 - Michaud
Veteran Registry
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at or underwent training at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada.

H 1391 - Stivers
Post Office Designation
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 South Oak Street in London, Ohio, as the Lance Corporal Joshua B McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building.

H 1392 - Stivers
Post Office Building Designation
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2539 Dartmoor Road in Grove City, Ohio, as the Master Sergeant Shawn T Hannon and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building.

H 1393 - Stivers
Post Office Building Designation
03/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3700 Riverside Drive in Columbus, Ohio, as the Master Sergeant Jeffery J Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office.

H 1400 - Young C
Veterans Children Scholarship
04/02/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code; clarifies that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship.

H 1402 - Coffman
Disabled Veterans and Paralympic Team
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc.

H 1405 - Titus
Veterans Affairs Benefits and Appeals
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include an appeals form in any notice of decision issued for the denial of a benefit sought.

H 1412 - Coffman
Veterans Affairs and Apprenticeship Programs
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Improves and increases the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs carried out by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 1435 - Davis S
Armed Forces Denied Appeals Review
04/30/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on COURTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE INTERNET.
Amends Titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

H 1438 - Hastings A
Veterans and Medical Expense Reimbursement Exemptions
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to exempt reimbursements of certain medical expenses and other payments related to accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from determinations of annual income with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and children of veterans.

H 1443 - Michaud
Veterans Affairs and Tinnitus Research
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recognize tinnitus as a mandatory condition for research and treatment by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 1452 - Speier
Philippines Military Forces and Veteran Status
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 1453 - Takano
Veterans Affairs and Work-Study Allowance
04/10/2013 - Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority to provide work-study allowance for certain activities by individuals receiving educational assistance by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 1460 - Graves S
Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System
04/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT.
Directs the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise certain authorized purposes described in the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual.

H 1463 - Carson A
Armed Forces and Mental Health Assessments
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to improve the mental health assessments provided to members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.

H 1464 - Carson A
Armed Forces and Mental Health Services
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, provides notice to members of the Armed Forces, beginning with recruit basic training and the initial training of officer candidates, regarding the availability of mental health services, helps eliminate perceived stigma associated with seeking and receiving mental health services, and clarifies the extent to which information regarding a member seeking and receiving mental health services may be disclosed.

H 1481 - Shuster
Medium Extended Air Defense System
04/19/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on STRATEGIC FORCES.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to reprogram amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.

H 1488 - Thompson G
Recovering Service Members and Disability Benefits
04/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends Title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the waiting period for disability insurance benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a recovering service member.

H 1490 - Miller J
Veterans Affairs and Recording of Patients
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the recording of a patient in a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs without the informed consent of the patient.

H 1492 - McDermott
Commission on America and Its Veterans
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Establishes the Commission on America and its Veterans.

H 1494 - Gibson
Operation of Certain Ships During Vietnam Era
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to review the operation of certain ships during the Vietnam Era.

H 1497 - Hunter
Armed Forces Memorials and Religious Symbols
06/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Amends Title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols.

H 1506 - Markey Ed
Submarine, Bomber, and ICBM Number Reduction
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on STRATEGIC FORCES.
Reduces the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated by the Navy, prohibits the development of a new long-range penetrating bomber aircraft, and reduces the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the Department of Defense.

H 1516 - Thompson B
Coast Guard Academy Congressional Nomination Process
04/12/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on COAST GUARD & MARITIME TRANSPORTATION.
Amends Title 14, United States Code, to modify the process for Congressional nomination of individuals for appointment as cadets at the Coast Guard Academy.

H 1520 - Lynch
Department of Defense Civilian Employees and Furloughs
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to allow civilian employees of the Department of Defense to delay furloughs until returning from a deployment in support of accounting and recovery efforts by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.

H 1521 - Maloney S
Veterans Affairs and Medical Disability Examinations
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Provides for a five-year extension of the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of medical disability examinations by contract physicians.

H 153 - McIntyre
Veterans Affairs Outreach
01/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to improve the outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 154 - McIntyre
Veterans Affairs Medal
01/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to establish a Department of Veterans Affairs Medal for Distinguished Public Service to honor veterans who make remarkable and distinguished contributions to their communities.

H 1593 - Speier
Armed Forces Sexual Assault Oversight Council
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to improve the prevention of and response to sexual assault in the Armed Forces by establishing a Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Council and an enhanced Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office and by requiring the appointment of a Director of Military Prosecutions for sexual-related offenses committed by a member of the Armed Forces.

H 1598 - Griffin
Veteran Identification Cards
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans.

H 161 - McIntyre
Beach Nourishment Project Evaluation
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Army to evaluate the feasibility of continuing Federal participation in a beach nourishment project.

H 1612 - Rogers Mike
Land Conveyance
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey a parcel of land in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Tuskegee University.

H 1620 - Cartwright
Armed Forces Relocation and State License Tax Credit
04/18/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.

H 1623 - Negrete McLeod
Veterans Affairs Claims Information
04/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make publicly available certain information about pending and completed claims for compensation under the Laws administered by the Secretary.

H 1631 - Markey Ed
Armed Forces in Combat Zones and Education Benefits
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to ensure that members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone automatically receive the education benefits to which they are entitled.

H 164 - Bilirakis G
Veterans with Disabilities and Military Aircraft Travel
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent 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 entitled to such travel.

H 165 - Bilirakis G
National Dive School Divers Memorial
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Authorizes the placement at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard of a memorial to honor the members of the Armed Forces who have served as divers and whose service in defense of the United States has been carried out beneath the waters of the world.

H 1655 - Roe
Election Results Certification and Service Member Votes
04/18/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.
Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States to delay certifying the results of regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office in order to ensure the counting of any marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters that are collected by the Presidential designee under such Act for delivery to State election officials.

H 1662 - Richmond
Army Corps of Engineers and Negligence Liability
04/30/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on REGULATORY REFORM, COMMERCIAL AND ANTITRUST LAW.
Amends Chapter 171 of Title 28, United States Code, and the Federal Flood Control Act of 1928 to provide for liability for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in cases of damage caused by the gross negligence of an officer or employee of the Corps.

H 1672 - Daines
Limestone Hills Training Area
05/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Withdraws and reserves certain public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management for exclusive military use as part of the Limestone Hills Training Area, Montana.

H 1673 - McCarthy K
Land Transfer
05/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Provides for the transfer of certain public land currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California.

H 1676 - Cook
Johnson Valley National Vehicle Recreation Area
05/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Designates the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area in San Bernardino County, California, authorizes limited military use of the area, and provides for the transfer of the Southern Study Area to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, and by recreational users.

H 1691 - Vargas
Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range
05/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Provides for the transfer of certain public land currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California.

H 1702 - Barber
Veterans Affairs and Transportation of Individuals
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care.

H 1705 - Burgess
TRICARE and Physical Therapy
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain forms of physical therapy under the TRICARE program.

H 1714 - Peters S
Elderly Homeless Veterans and Housing Grant Program
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant pilot program to provide housing to elderly homeless veterans.

H 1721 - LoBiondo
Flight Demonstrations Outside US
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the performance of Department of Defense flight demonstration teams outside the United States.

H 1725 - Cartwright
Veteran Health Care Eligibility and Mental Illness
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war.

H 1729 - Kirkpatrick
Veterans Affairs and Electronic Records
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the service records of veterans to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an efficient, electronic format.

H 1739 - Enyart
Veterans Affairs and Provisional Benefits
04/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated claims.

H 1742 - Heck J
Veterans Housing and Pension Payments
04/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Excludes from consideration as income under the United States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made under Section 1521 of Title 38, United States Code, to veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance.

H 1756 - Posey
Transportation of Supplies Donated to Armed Forces
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transport to any country, without charge, supplies that have been furnished by a nonprofit organization and that are intended for distribution to members of the Armed Forces.

H 1759 - Ruiz
Veterans Affairs and Timeliness of Other Agencies
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the United States.

H 1770 - Chaffetz
Armed Forces Reserves and Survivor Benefit Plan
05/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the different treatment under the Survivor Benefit Plan accorded members of the reserve components who die from an injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during inactive-duty training compared to members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty while on active duty.

H 1781 - McCaul
Immigrant Status of Family of Federal Employees
06/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for special immigrant status for certain spouses and childrens of employees of the United States Government abroad killed in the line of duty.

H 179 - Griffin
Veterans Educational Assistance and Franchise Training
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to allow certain veterans to use educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for franchise training.

H 1792 - Coffman
Veterans Affairs and Reportable Infectious Diseases
04/26/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report cases of reportable infectious diseases at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in accordance with State law.

H 1796 - Duckworth
Veterans and Civilian Certifications
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Ensures that the education and training provided members of the Armed Forces and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses.

H 1804 - Huelskamp
Veterans Affairs Foreign Travel Cost Reports
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress semiannual reports on the cost of foreign travel made by employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 1805 - Kuster
Veterans Affairs Automatic Processing Report
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation under the Laws administered by the Secretary.

H 1809 - O'Rourke
Veterans Affairs Average Claim Processing Time Notice
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved.

H 1816 - Veasey
Veterans and STEM Degrees
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide additional educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill for veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering or math.

H 1824 - Meng
Veterans Affairs Regional Office Performance Reports
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on the performance of the regional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 183 - Grimm
Veterans Dog Training Therapy Pilot Program
01/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy.

H 1832 - Bishop T
Fathers of Permanently Disabled Veterans
05/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Amends Chapter 21 of Title 5, United States Code, to provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in the civil service.

H 1835 - Lowey
Cadet Nurse Corps and Active Military Service
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Provides that service of the members of the organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of Laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 1842 - Cummings
Servicemembers and Mortgage Foreclosures
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to improve the protections for servicemembers, surviving spouses, and disabled veterans against mortgage foreclosures.

H 1855 - Hanabusa
Service in Philippines During World War II
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List.

H 1867 - Turner M
UCMJ and Sex Related Offenses
05/08/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces.

H 1885 - Davis S
Veterans Mortgage Bonds and Refinancing
05/08/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans.

H 1889 - Latta
Children of Armed Forces Members
05/08/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to recognize the dependent children of members of the Armed Forces who are serving on active duty or who have served on active duty through the presentation of an official lapel button.

H 1898 - Turner M
Child Custody and Deployed Armed Forces Members
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Protects the child custody rights of deployed members of the Armed Forces.

H 1904 - Thornberry
Congressional Committees and Military Operations
05/09/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to notify the congressional defense committees of certain sensitive military operations.

H 1936 - Hahn
Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends 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.

H 1938 - Jones
Armed Forces Members and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
05/09/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury have access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

H 1957 - Perry
National Cemeteries and Voluntary Veteran Service
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept voluntary services from veterans and veterans service organizations at national cemeteries.

H 1960 - McKeon
Military Activities Appropriations for FY 2014
06/14/2013 - In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE. *****To SENATE.
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, and prescribes military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.

H 1970 - Gohmert
Debt Limit and Prioritization of Payments
05/14/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure that social security benefits are paid, prioritizes payments when the United States is not able to issue new obligations due to the statutory debt limit, and to address a lapse in appropriations to fund the Armed Forces.

H 1971 - Kline
TRICARE Beneficiaries
05/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with the opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime.

H 198 - Lee B
Repealing Public Law 107-40
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Repeals Public Law 107-40.

H 1980 - Walz
Veterans Affairs and Medical Examinations
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requesting additional medical examinations of veterans who have submitted sufficient medical evidence provided by non-Department medical professionals; improves the efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans.

H 1986 - Lipinski
Armed Forces and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Provides for the assignment of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners-Adult/Adolescent to brigades and equivalent units of the Armed Forces.

H 1987 - Sinema
Veterans Burial Benefits
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of benefits payable for the burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans.

H 1988 - Alexander R
Veterans Education Assistance and Dependents
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for certain members of the Armed Forces to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to their dependents.

H 1991 - Andrews
Armed Forces and Education Loans
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Requires the Secretary of Education to verify that individuals have made a commitment to serve in the Armed Forces or in public service, or otherwise are a borrower on an eligible loan which has been submitted to a guaranty agency for default aversion or is already in default, before such individuals obtain a consolidation loan for purposes specified under section 455(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

H 1992 - Collins D
Israel Military Assessment Requirements
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Amends the requirements relating to assessment of Israel's qualitative military edge over military threats.

H 1996 - King P
Active Duty Armed Forces Members and Free Mailing
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Provides for free mailing privileges for personal correspondence and parcels sent to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan.

H 200 - Lee B
Afghanistan Operations Funds and Withdrawal
01/04/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Provides that funds for operations of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan shall be obligated and expended only for purposes of providing for the safe and orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan of all members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense contractor personnel who are in Afghanistan.

H 2001 - Rangel
Veterans and Telemedicine
05/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine.

H 2002 - Ryan T
Armed Forces Sexual Assault Victims Assistance
05/15/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by members of the Armed Forces.

H 2011 - Delaney
Veterans Advisory Committee on Education Extension
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for a two-year extension of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education.

H 2016 - Benishek
UCMJ and Court Martial Procedure
05/16/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to modify various authorities relating to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

H 2018 - Stivers
Veterans Headstones
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to identify the persons who are eligible to request headstones or markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 2038 - Speier
Food and Nutrition Act and Veterans
06/03/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on AGRICULTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, OVERSIGHT, AND NUTRITION.
Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of certain veterans while they have disability claims pending under Title 38 of the United States Code.

H 2039 - Titus
Veterans Headstones and Indian Tribe Veteran Cemeteries
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for certain deceased veterans buried in veterans' cemeteries of Indian tribes.

H 2046 - Gibbs B
Water Resource Development Projects and Firearms
05/20/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT.
Protects the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects administered by the Secretary of the Army.

H 2055 - Roe
Veterans Electronic Health Records Program
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Establishes a prize program to award a prize and contract for the development of a fully-integrated electronic health records program for use by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2056 - Schwartz
Veterans and Jobs
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans; improves the coordination of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Department of Defense; requires transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Government-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

H 2059 - Tsongas
Coast Guard and Sexual Assault Victims
05/20/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to ensure the issuance of regulations applicable to the Coast Guard regarding consideration of a request for a permanent change of station or unit transfer submitted by a member of the Coast Guard who is the victim of a sexual assault.

H 2063 - Bilirakis G
Veterans Affairs Health Care and World War II Veterans
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the health care provided to veterans of World War II at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2065 - McKinley
Homeless Veteran Services and Level of Care Codes
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require recipients of per diem payments from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the provision of services for homeless veterans to comply with codes relevant to operations and level of care provided.

H 2072 - Benishek
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Accountability
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2076 - Kline
Armed Forces Integrated Disability Evaluation System
05/21/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review of the Integrated Disability Evaluation System of the Armed Forces and to submit to Congress a report on such system.

H 2079 - Radel
Veterans Affairs and Medical Disability Examinations
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Provides for a three-year extension of the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of medical disability examinations by contract physicians.

H 2086 - Titus
Disability Compensation Benefits
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary to make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims.

H 2088 - Michaud
Veterans Affairs and Claims Adjudication
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish claims adjudication centers of excellence.

H 2091 - Bachmann
POW/MIA Flag
06/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL JUSTICE.
Amends Title 36, United States Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property.

H 2119 - Ruiz
Veterans Appeals Hearings and Video Conferencing
05/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the opportunity for veterans to use video conferencing for hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

H 2129 - Cummings
Defense Base Act and Self-Insurance
05/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends the Defense Base Act to require the provision of insurance under that Act under a Government self-insurance program, and to require an implementation strategy for such self-insurance program.

H 2133 - Poe
Veterans and Work Opportunity Tax Credit
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for veterans and to allow an exemption from an employer's employment taxes in an amount equivalent to the value of such credit in the case of veterans.

H 2138 - McCarthy K
Veterans Affairs and Disability Claim Backlog
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to resolve the backlog of disability claims of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2142 - Bishop T
Veterans Service Organizations Facility Rehabilitation
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to set-aside community development block grant amounts in each fiscal year for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of their facilities.

H 2150 - Cook
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension to the homeless veterans reintegration programs.

H 2151 - DeFazio
Veterans and Work-Study Allowances
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to authorize individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional offices.

H 2153 - Doyle
Veterans Health Facilities and Infectious Diseases
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the reporting of cases of infectious diseases at facilities of the Veterans Health Administration.

H 2168 - Heck D
Uniformed Services Voters and Absentee Ballots
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.
Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to promote the efficient delivery and receipt of absentee ballots and other voting materials to absent uniformed services voters.

H 2169 - Higgins
Veterans Affairs and Educational Assistance Time Limit
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under certain programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2180 - Larsen
Procurement Technical Assistance Program
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program in Title 10, United States Code.

H 2187 - Meehan
Veterans' Treatment Courts
06/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize veterans' treatment courts and encourage services for veterans.

H 2188 - Michaud
Armed Forces Footwear and Domestic Sources
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 37, United States Code, to ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces complies with domestic source requirements.

H 2189 - Miller J
Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Task Force
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Establishes a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2206 - Turner M
Armed Forces Training and Prospective Member Protection
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Provides enhanced protections for prospective members and new members of the Armed Forces during entry-level processing and training.

H 2207 - Turner M
Sex-related Offenses Military Justice
05/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces.

H 2209 - Wittman
Military Cemeteries Chain of Command
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Establishes a chain of command for Army National Military Cemeteries.

H 2210 - Young C
Veterans Affairs Educational Assistance Program
06/11/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of children of certain deceased veterans to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 2216 - Culberson
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
06/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Relates to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; makes appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.

H 222 - Poe
World War I Memorials
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcommittee on PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION.
Amends the World War I Centennial Commission Act to provide for the designation of memorials to the service of members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I.

H 2225 - Hanabusa
Memorial Day Traditional Day of Observance
06/03/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Restores the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day.

H 2227 - Noem
Armed Forces and Sexual Assault
06/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Improves the response to and prevention of sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces.

H 2230 - Sanchez Lo
Armed Forces and Sexual Harassment
06/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Addresses the prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the Armed Forces.

H 2243 - Enyart
Bio-Based Aviation Fuel Research and Development Grants
06/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to make competitive grants to support research and development, education, and training to produce a bio-based aviation fuel for use by the Air Force.

H 2244 - Griffin
Little Rock Recruiting Station Attack
06/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Designates the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, in which Private William Long of the United States Army was killed and Private Quinton Ezeagwula of the United States Army was wounded, as an international terrorist attack for which the two soldiers are to be awarded the Purple Heart.

H 2258 - Young T
Military Base Closure Indemnification Responsibilities
06/05/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends the indemnification responsibilities applicable to the Secretary of Defense when Department of Defense property at military installations closed pursuant to a base closure law is conveyed to expand such indemnification responsibilities to include all military installations closed since October 24, 1988.

H 2272 - McKinley
Armed Forces Reserves and Active Duty Service Tracking
06/06/2013 - INTRODUCED.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish an electronic means by which members of the Ready Reserves of the Armed Forces may track their active-duty service.

H 2284 - Terry
Veterans and Salute During Pledge of Allegiance
06/06/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends title 4, United States Code, to authorize members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans to render a military salute during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.

H 2310 - Hanna
Memorial Headstones for Veterans
06/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available for purchase Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for members of reserve components who performed certain training.

H 2319 - Mullin
Native American Veterans Memorial
06/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
Clarifies certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994.

H 2321 - Norton
Mayoral Authority Over the National Guard of DC
06/11/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Extends to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States exercise over the National Guard of those States with respect to administration of the National Guard and its use to respond to natural disasters and other civil disturbances; ensures that the President retains control of the National Guard of the District of Columbia to respond to homeland defense emergencies.

H 2324 - Schiff
Authorization for Use of Military Force
06/11/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force.

H 2325 - Smith A
Disposition of Detainees
06/11/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Provides for the disposition of certain persons detained in the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force.

H 2327 - Miller J
Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration
06/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration.

H 2341 - Rooney
Eligibility for Veterans Pensions
06/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension.

H 2344 - Sessions P
Treatment of Brain Injuries and PTSD in Armed Forces
06/12/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program for investigational treatment of members of the Armed Forces for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.

H 235 - Kinzinger
Veterans with Emergency Medical Training
02/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to States to streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical technicians.

H 2354 - Esty
Replacement of Military Decorations
06/13/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to require the prompt replacement of military decorations upon the request of the recipients of the decorations or their immediate next of kin.

H 2358 - Cohen
Veterans Affairs Preference to Local Contractors
06/13/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to give preference to local contractors.

H 2366 - Lamborn
WWI Centennial Commemorative Coins
06/13/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of World War I.

H 2377 - Denham
Enlistment of Unlawful Aliens in the Armed Forces
06/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to authorize the enlistment in the Armed Forces of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States and were Younger than 15 years of age when they initially entered the United States, but who are otherwise qualified for enlistment; provides a mechanism by which such aliens, by reason of their honorable service in the Armed Forces, may be lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.

H 2382 - Cook
Priority for Veterans Claims
06/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to establish a priority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in processing certain claims for compensation.

H 241 - Ross D
Veterans Affairs and Standards of Access to Health Care
05/21/2013 - Subcommittee on HEALTH hearings held.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

H 247 - Schweikert
Debt Limit and Prioritization of Obligations
01/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Requires that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached.

H 257 - Shea-Porter
Veterans Health Equity Act of 2013
01/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Relates to the Veterans Health Equity Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans in each of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive services in at least one full-service hospital of the Veterans Health Administration in the State or receive comparable services provided by contract in the State.

H 258 - Heck J
Military Medals and Fraudulent Representations
06/03/2013 - Public Law No. 113-12
Amends Title 18, United States Code, with respect to fraudulent representations about having received military declarations or medals; provides that whoever, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefits, fraudulently holds oneself out to be a recipient of a decoration or medal described in existing law shall be fined, imprisoned, or both.

H 272 - Farr
General William H Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense joint outpatient clinic to be constructed in Marina, California, as the General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic: A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility.

H 293 - Nugent
Army Combat Action Badge Retroactive Eligibility
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Expands retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members of the Army who participated in combat during which they personally engaged, or were personally engaged by, the enemy at any time on or after December 7, 1941.

H 303 - Bilirakis G
Retired Servicemembers and Service Related Disabilities
02/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt.

H 318 - Hall R
Wall of Remembrance and Korean War Memorial
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcommittee on PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION.
Authorizes a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund that Wall of Remembrance.

H 32 - Wilson J
Survivor Annuities
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation.

H 331 - Calvert
Veteran Enrollment in Education Centralized Reporting
02/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit the centralized reporting of veteran enrollment by certain groups, districts, and consortiums of educational institutions.

H 333 - Bishop S
Disabled Service Members Compensation
02/04/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated less than 50 percent to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt, and to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to Chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service.

H 342 - Hunter
Debt Limit and Prioritizing Certain Obligations
01/22/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Prioritizes certain Government obligations for continued payment in the event that the statutory debt limit is reached, to appropriate funds for the pay and allowances of all members of the Armed Forces, and for those civilian employees of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard serving in a combat zone.

H 343 - Jones
Military Chaplains and Prayer Outside Religious Service
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to ensure that every military chaplain has the prerogative to close a prayer outside of a religious service according to the dictates of the chaplain's own conscience.

H 357 - Miller J
Veterans and In State Tuition Rates
06/03/2013 - In HOUSE. Placed on HOUSE Union Calendar.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require courses of education provided by public institutions of higher education that are approved for purposes of the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-state tuition rate.

H 368 - Benishek
Service Members and Audiometric Tests
02/21/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require an audiometric test of each member of the Armed Forces before the separation of the member.

H 369 - Benishek
Veterans and Hearing Loss
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss.

H 383 - Gibson
War Powers Resolution and Limits on Funds
01/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on RULES.
Amends the War Powers Resolution to limit the use of funds for introduction of the Armed Forces into hostilities.

H 384 - Green A
HUD and Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS.
Establishes the position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

H 385 - Green A
Disabled Veterans and Grants for Home Rehabilitation
01/23/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Establishes a pilot program to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans.

H 386 - Green A
Housing Assistance for Very Low Income Veterans
01/23/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Provides housing assistance for very low-income veterans.

H 390 - Hastings A
National Emergency Centers on Military Installations
02/21/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on INTELLIGENCE, EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish national emergency centers on military installations.

H 392 - Honda
Student Information and Military Recruiters
04/23/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION & WORKFORCE: Referred to Subcommittee on EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMEN. & SECOND. EDUCATION.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release.

H 399 - Matsui D
Corps of Engineers and Levee Vegetation Management
01/24/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT.
Directs the Secretary of the Army to undertake a comprehensive review of the Corps of Engineers policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees.

H 4057 - Bilirakis G
Outreach and Transparency to Veterans
01/10/2013 - Public Law No. 112-249
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive policy to improve outreach and transparency to veterans and members of the Armed Forces through the provision of information on institutions of higher learning; requires a system for tracking and publishing feedback from students and state approving agencies regarding the quality of instruction, recruiting practices, and post-graduation employment placement of such institutions that will allow institutions to upgrade their programs.

H 411 - Tonko
Fort McClellan Veterans Registry
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

H 414 - Young D
Alaska Land Conveyance
02/21/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on READINESS.
Provides for the continued lease or eventual conveyance of certain Federal land within the boundaries of Fort Wainwright Military Reservation in Fairbanks, Alaska.

H 42 - Bachmann
Military Health Care
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to prohibit certain increases in fees for military health care before fiscal year 2016.

H 430 - Speier
Military Basic Training and Instructor Sexual Advances
02/21/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect new members of the Armed Forces who are undergoing basic training from the sexual advances of the members of the Armed Forces responsible for their instruction.

H 435 - Coffman
Armed Forces Enlistment and Non US Citizens
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to authorize the enlistment in the Armed Forces of additional persons who are residing in the United States and to lawfully admit for permanent residence certain enlistees who are not citizens or other nationals of the United States.

H 449 - Miller J
Firearm Registry Amnesty Period
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on CRIME, TERRORISM, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Provides an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.

H 454 - Fattah
Corporal Michael J Crescenz Medical Center
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

H 458 - Issa
Aliens with Citizen Children and Armed Forces
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for nonimmigrant status for an alien who is the parent or legal guardian of a United States citizen child if the child was born abroad and is the child of a deceased member of the Armed Forces of the United States.

H 461 - Bishop R
Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Officer Appointment
02/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM.
Amends Title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as a Federal law enforcement officer in the case of any individual who has been discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions.

H 462 - Bishop R
Land Conveyance
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE. Placed on HOUSE Union Calendar.
Requires the conveyance of certain public land within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah, to support the training and readiness of the Utah National Guard.

H 481 - Heck J
Filipino Veterans Fund and Proof of Service
02/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept certain documents as proof of service in determining the eligibility of an individual to receive amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund.

H 489 - Pingree
HUBZone Program Expansion
02/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on SMALL BUSINESS.
Expands the HUBZone program for communities affected by base realignment and closure.

H 503 - Roe
Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Referred to Subcommittee on PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION.
Authorizes the National Desert Storm Memorial Association to establish the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia.

H 520 - Speier
Buffalo Soldier Commemoration Study
05/17/2013 - In HOUSE. Placed on HOUSE Union Calendar.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the Early years of the National Parks.

H 524 - McKinley
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
02/07/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT.
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; clarifies that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

H 543 - Gibson
United States Code
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code; clarifies presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.

H 55 - Fitzpatrick
Payment of Pay and Allowances
01/31/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Prioritizes the payment of pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers in the event the debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap.

H 552 - Hinojosa
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
02/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South Texas Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient health care facility.

H 562 - Miller J
Veterans Retraining Assistance Program
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Provides for a three-month extension of the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

H 569 - Runyan
Veteran Compensation
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee.
Increases effective as of December 1, 2013, 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, and for other purposes.

H 570 - Runyan
Annual Cost of Living Adjustments
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans.

H 588 - Young D
Donor Contribution
06/03/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE. *****To HOUSE for concurrence.
Provides for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other purposes.

H 595 - Butterfield
Post 9/11 Educational Assistance Tuition And Fees
02/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs who are pursuing programs of education at institutions of higher learning.

H 602 - Miller J
Treatment as Adjudicated Mentally Incompetent
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Discharged from subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.

H 604 - Pingree
Post 9/11 Educational Assistance Eligibility
02/08/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of certain individuals with service-connected disabilities who transfer to reserve components before discharge from the Armed Forces.

H 631 - Flores
Transition Assistance Program Requirements
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to provide requirements for the contents of the Transition Assistance Program.

H 6328 - Hochul
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
01/14/2013 - Public Law No. 112-271
Amends title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other local charitable organizations.

H 635 - Pearce
Veterans Affairs and Community Health Care Providers
02/22/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas.

H 6364 - Poe
World War I Centennial Commission Act
01/14/2013 - Public Law No. 112-272
Creates the World War I Centennial Commission Act; establishes a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I; requires the commission to plan, develop, and execute programs, projects and activities to commemorate the centennial, to encourages private and state and local governments to organize and participate in the centennial, to serve as a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of information regarding the centennial, and to develop related recommendations.

H 641 - Bordallo
National Guard State Partnership Program
02/13/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 32, United States Code, to codify the National Guard State Partnership Program regarding the funding sources for and purposes of the program and specifying certain limitations on the use of such funding.

H 658 - Latta
Arthur Jibilian Congressional Medal of Honor
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Arthur Jibilian for actions behind enemy lines during World War II while a member of the United States Navy and the Office of Strategic Services.

H 671 - Pingree
Military Sexual Trauma and Disability Compensation
06/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma.

H 679 - Walz
Reserves Service and Veteran Status
04/17/2013 - Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE & MEMORIAL AFFAIRS hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.

H 683 - Smith A
Military Spouses and State Definitions
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Titles 10, 32, 37, and 38 of the United States Code, to add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veteran benefits that recognizes new State definitions of spouse.

H 690 - Latham
Reserve Services and Retirement
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to modify the per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services may retire for non-regular service.

H 704 - Carter
Armed Forces Whistleblower Protections
02/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to extend whistleblower protections to a member of the Armed Forces who alerts Department of Defense investigation or law enforcement organizations, a person or organization in the member's chain of command, and certain other persons or entities about the potentially dangerous ideologically based threats or actions of another member against United States interests or security.

H 705 - Carter
Fort Hood Attack Victims Benefits
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Ensures that the victims and victims' families of the November 5, 2009, attack at Fort Hood, Texas, receive the same treatment and benefits as those Americans who have been killed or wounded in a combat zone overseas and their families.

H 733 - Runyan
Veterans Case-Tracking Information Access
04/16/2013 - Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE & MEMORIAL AFFAIRS hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain employees of State or local governmental agencies with access to case-tracking information of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 738 - Wilson J
Armed Forces Health Care Benefits
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits.

H 741 - Rogers Mike
TRICARE Program and Chiropractic Services
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits for certain new beneficiaries as part of the TRICARE program.

H 747 - Rangel
Women and Selective Service
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces.

H 748 - Rangel
Mandatory National Service
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Requires all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or as civilian service in a Federal, State, or local government program or with a community-based agency or community-based entity, authorizes the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and provides for the registration of women under the Military Selective Service Act.

H 804 - Coffman
Revised Security Category Sequester Cancellation
02/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on BUDGET.
Cancels the 251A sequester for the revised security category and to provide for a reduced spending plan with respect to the Department of Defense.

H 806 - Brownley
Veterans Affairs Medical Budget Accuracy Reports
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the requirement for annual reports on Comptroller General reviews of the accuracy of Department of Veterans Affairs medical budget submissions.

H 810 - Hanabusa
Secretary of Defense and Funding Transfers
02/25/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Grants the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding under a continuing resolution.

H 813 - Miller J
Veterans Affairs Advance Appropriations
02/25/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

H 821 - Grayson
Servicemember Surviving Spouses and Mortgages
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.

H 825 - Heck J
Veterans Pension Payments and Income Consideration
02/26/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Excludes from consideration as income under the United States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made under Section 1521 of Title 38, United States Code, to veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance.

H 826 - Whitfield
Waters Downstream of Dams and Restricted Areas
02/27/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE: Referred to Subcommittee on WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT.
Prohibits the Corps of Engineers from taking any action to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam.

H 833 - Hunter
Purple Heart and Distinguished Warfare Medal
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal.

H 834 - LoBiondo
Veterans Affairs and Cost-Benefit Analyses
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct cost-benefit analyses for the provision of medical care by the Department of Veterans Affairs in certain geographic areas served by multiple Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

H 844 - Takano
Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation Eligibility Period
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee (amended).
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the eligibility period for veterans to enroll in certain vocational rehabilitation programs.

H 849 - Smith A
Sequestration and Debt Limit Suspension
02/27/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the section 251A sequestrations and to reduce the security and nonsecurity discretionary spending limits by $320 billion from fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2021, and to suspend the statutory limit on the public debt until February 1, 2017.

H 854 - McCaul
Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Terrorist Designation
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Directs the Secretary of State to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force as a foreign terrorist organization.

H 857 - Cook
Sequestration and Department of Defense
02/27/2013 - Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Amends section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the Department of Defense sequestration for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and sequester such eliminated sums over a period of fiscal years 2015 through 2021.

H 864 - McIntyre
American World War II City
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City".

H 881 - McGovern
Limits on Use of Cluster Munitions
02/28/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Limits the use of cluster munitions.

H 883 - Chaffetz
Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program Benefits
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to permit certain veterans who were discharged or released from the Armed Forces by reason of service-connected disability to transfer benefits under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program.

H 894 - Johnson B
Fiduciaries of Veterans Supervision
04/25/2013 - Forwarded by subcommittee to full committee.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the supervision of fiduciaries of veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 897 - Hahn
Homeless Veterans
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

H 902 - Boustany
Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Leases
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Authorizes certain Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases.

H 910 - Fleming
Sikes Act Reauthorization
05/15/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported.
Reauthorizes the Sikes Act.

H 914 - Huelskamp
Free Exercise of Religion and Homosexuality in Military
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require that implementation of the repeal of the former Department of Defense policy concerning homosexual behavior in the Armed Forces not infringe upon the free exercise of religion by and the rights of conscience of members of the Armed Forces, including chaplains.

H 921 - Michaud
Veterans and Chiropractic Care
03/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on HEALTH.
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and Title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services.

H 932 - Thompson M
Immigration and Soldiers
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect the well-being of soldiers and their families.

H 933 - Rogers H
Department of Defense Continuing Appropriations Act
03/26/2013 - Public Law No. 113-6
Relates to the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013; makes appropriations for the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

H 958 - Larsen
Wounded Veterans and Reproductive Assistance
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and their spouses.

H 966 - Hanabusa
Filipino World War II Veterans and Immigrant Visas
04/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Referred to Subcommittee on IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
Exempts children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.

H 975 - Walz
Armed Forces and Mental Conditions
03/26/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to extend the duration of the Physical Disability Board of Review and to the expand the authority of such Board to review of the separation of members of the Armed Forces on the basis of a mental condition not amounting to disability, including separation on the basis of a personality or adjustment disorder.

H 978 - Coffman
National Emergency Selective Service Act
03/14/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Relates to the National Emergency Selective Service Act; deauthorizes the Military Selective Service Act, including the registration requirement and the activities of civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System, except during a national emergency declared by the President.

H 984 - Guthrie
Urotrauma Task Force
05/21/2013 - Subcommittee on HEALTH hearings held.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a task force on urotrauma.

HCR 26 - Hunter
Rafael Peralta Medal of Honor
04/05/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Recommends the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Rafael Peralta.

HCR 32 - Barletta
Capitol Ground and National Honor Guard Exhibition
05/08/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Authorizes the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition.

HCR 7 - Lee B
Nonmilitary Foreign Assistance Programs
01/04/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should provide, on an annual basis, an amount equal to at least one percent of United States gross domestic product (GDP) for nonmilitary foreign assistance programs.

HRES 13 - Gingrey
Rules of the House of Representatives
01/03/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on RULES.
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures.

HRES 204 - Brady R
Commending Korean American Veterans of Vietnam War
05/08/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Referred to Subcommittee on DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.
Commends Korean American veterans of the Vietnam War for their service to the United States.

HRES 213 - McCollum
Special Committee on Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces
05/14/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on RULES.
Establishes the Special Committee on Sexual Assault and Abuse in the Armed Forces to conduct oversight, ensure accountability, and report on the activities of the Department of Defense to prevent, reduce, prosecute, and provide victims' services for cases of sexual assault and abuse in the Armed Forces.

HRES 231 - Bachmann
Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs
05/22/2013 - To HOUSE Committee on RULES.
Establishes a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.

HRES 243 - Webster
Consideration of HR 2216 and HR 2217
06/04/2013 - In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE.
Provides for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2216) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes; provides for consideration of the bill (H.R; 2217) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.

HRES 256 - Nugent
Consideration of HR 1960 and HR 1256
06/12/2013 - In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE.
Provides for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year; provides for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1256) to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to jointly adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions.

HRES 260 - Nugent
Further Consideration of HR 1960
06/13/2013 - In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE.
Provides for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.

HRES 75 - Miller C
Recognizing the National Guard
02/28/2013 - In HOUSE Committee on ARMED SERVICES: Referred to Subcommittee on MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Recognizes 376 years of service of the National Guard and affirming congressional support for a permanent Operational Reserve as a component of the Armed Forces.

HRES 99 - Cole
Consideration of HR 933
03/06/2013 - In HOUSE. Passed HOUSE.
Provides for consideration of the bill (H.R. 933) making appropriations for the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

S 1015 - Casey
Veteran Franchise Purchases Tax Credit
05/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow credits for the purchase of franchises by veterans.

S 1032 - McCaskill
Uniform Code of Military Justice
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code; makes certain improvements in the Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces.

S 1034 - Levin C
Military Activities Appropriations
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction; prescribes military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.

S 1039 - Merkley
Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty.

S 1041 - Blumenthal
Crime Victims Rights
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to afford crime victims' rights to victims of offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

S 1042 - Shaheen
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide support to university law school programs that are designed to provide legal assistance to veterans.

S 1046 - Schatz
Native American Veterans Memorial Establishment Act
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Clarifies certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994.

S 1051 - Collins
Armed Forces Members Furnished Footwear
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 37, United States Code, to ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces complies with domestic source requirements.

S 1058 - Heller
Homeless Veteran Per Diem Payments
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans.

S 1059 - Kirk
Immigration and Nationality Act
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization.

S 1060 - Klobuchar
Public Health Service Act
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculum for military veterans.

S 1061 - Klobuchar
Public Health Service Act
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to designate certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs as health professional shortage areas.

S 1078 - Klobuchar
TRICARE Prime Beneficiary Access
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with the opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime.

S 1081 - Warner
Armed Forces Protected Communications
05/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to expand and enhance authorities on protected communications of members of the Armed Forces.

S 1089 - Collins
Veterans and Prescription Drug Take-Back
06/04/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Provides for a prescription drug take-back program for members of the Armed Forces and veterans.

S 1147 - Udall M
Disposition of US Detainees
06/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Clarifies the disposition of covered persons detained in the United States pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force.

S 1148 - Heinrich
Notice of Average Processing Time for Veterans Claims
06/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims.

S 1155 - Tester
IT Appropriations for Veterans Mental Health
06/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Provides for advance appropriations for certain information technology accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to include mental health professionals in training programs of the Department.

S 1165 - Tester
Immunization of Veterans
06/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements relating to the immunization of veterans.

S 12 - Coats
Transfer of Naval Vessels to Foreign Recipients
02/26/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Provides for the transfer of Naval vessels to certain foreign recipients.

S 131 - Murray
Injured Veterans and Reproductive Assistance
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and their spouses.

S 140 - Baucus
Veterans and Jobs
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coordination of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense, and to require transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Government-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

S 145 - Boxer
National Guard and School Violence
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 32, United States Code, to authorize National Guard support for State and local efforts to keep schools safe from violence.

S 152 - Murkowski
Eielson Air Force Base Reports
01/24/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to retain the current leadership rank, aircraft, and core functions of the 354th Fighter Wing and the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base and to require reports on proposed activities at such installation.

S 16 - Inhofe
Sequester Replacement
02/27/2013 - In SENATE. Read second time. Placed on Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Provides for a sequester replacement.

S 171 - Udall M
Government Shutdown and Armed Forces Pay
01/29/2013 - To SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Appropriates such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay and allowances for active service performed when a Government-wide shutdown occurs.

S 18 - Ayotte
Sequester Replacement
02/27/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

S 200 - Murkowski
National Cemeteries and Service in Laos Combat Support
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to authorize the interment in national cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of individuals who served in combat support of the Armed Forces in the Kingdom of Laos between February 28, 1961, and May 15, 1975.

S 206 - Collins
HUBZone Program Expansion
01/31/2013 - To SENATE Committee on SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
Expands the HUBZone program for communities affected by base realignment and closure.

S 210 - Heller
Military Decorations and Fraudulent Representation
02/04/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Amends Title 18, United States Code, with respect to fraudulent representations about having received military declarations or medals.

S 225 - Feinstein
Buffalo Soldier Commemoration Study
05/16/2013 - In SENATE Committee on ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks.

S 229 - Toomey
Medical Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

S 234 - Reid
Department of Veterans Affairs
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other purposes.

S 240 - Tester
Active Service
02/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends title 10, United States Code, to modify the per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services may retire for non-regular service.

S 257 - Boozman
Higher Education
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to require courses of education provided by public institutions of higher education that are approved for purposes of the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate, and for other purposes.

S 262 - Durbin
Educational Assistance Program
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs who are pursuing programs of education at institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes.

S 287 - Begich
Homeless Veteran Definition Expansion
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the Laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

S 294 - Tester
Military Sexual Trauma and Disability Compensation
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma.

S 305 - Cochran
Acquisition of Core Battlefield Land
05/16/2013 - In SENATE Committee on ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported as amended.
Authorizes the acquisition of core battlefield land at Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond for addition to Vicksburg National Military Park.

S 3202 - Murray
Dignified Burial and Other Veterans Benefits
01/10/2013 - Public Law No. 112-260
Creates the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012; ensures that deceased veterans with no known next of kin receive a dignified burial; extends the reduced pension for certain veterans covered by Medicaid plans for services furnished by nursing facilities; relates to off-base transition training for veterans and their families.

S 325 - Tester
Childrens Medical Care Maximum Age
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program.

S 3454 - Feinstein
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2013 for Intelligence
01/14/2013 - Public Law No. 112-277
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.

S 346 - Tester
Disabled Veterans and Travel on Military Aircraft
02/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent 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 entitled to such travel.

S 373 - Shaheen
Military Spouses and State Definitions
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Titles 10, 32, 37, and 38 of the United States Code, to add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veteran benefits that recognizes new State definitions of spouse.

S 378 - Begich
Armed Forces Reserves and Travel to Training
02/25/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 37, United States Code, to provide travel and transportation allowances for members of the reserve components for long distance and certain other travel to inactive duty training.

S 409 - Burr
Vietnam Veterans Day
02/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Adds Vietnam Veterans Day as a patriotic and national observance.

S 412 - Landrieu
Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Leases
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Authorizes certain major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

S 419 - Feinstein
Limits on Use of Cluster Munitions
02/28/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Limits the use of cluster munitions.

S 422 - Blumenthal
Veterans and Chiropractic Care
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services.

S 430 - Heller
Veterans Affairs Contracting Goals and Preferences
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to enhance treatment of certain small business concerns for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs contracting goals and preferences.

S 444 - Collins
Department of Defense Appropriations
03/04/2013 - To SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Makes appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

S 455 - Tester
Veterans Affairs and Transportation of Individuals
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care.

S 46 - Toomey
Debt Limit and Prioritization of Obligations
01/22/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Protects Social Security benefits and military pay and requires that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.

S 461 - Hirono
Filipino World War II Veterans and Immigrant Visas
03/05/2013 - To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Exempts children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas and for other purposes.

S 470 - Tester
Distinguished Warfare Medal and Purple Heart
03/06/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal.

S 49 - Shaheen
Veterans and Health Care
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans in each of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive services in at least one full-service Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in the State or receive comparable services provided by contract in the State.

S 492 - Burr
Veterans Military Experience and Licenses
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes.

S 495 - Burr
Federal Agencies and Hiring Veterans
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require Federal agencies to hire veterans, and to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans.

S 514 - Brown S
STEM Education and Veterans
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide additional educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or an area that leads to employment in a high-demand occupation.

S 515 - Brown S
Yellow Ribbon GI Enhancement Program
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to cover recipients of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship.

S 521 - Durbin
Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act
03/11/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Relates to the Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act; requires the Secretary of Defense to award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics.

S 522 - Durbin
Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act; requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics.

S 529 - Burr
Camp Lejeune and Contaminated Water Medical Care
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to modify the commencement date of the period of service at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for eligibility for hospital care and medical services in connection with exposure to contaminated water.

S 538 - McCaskill
Military Justice and Convening Authorities
03/12/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to modify the authorities and responsibilities of convening authorities in taking actions on the findings and sentences of courts-martial.

S 543 - Burr
Veterans Integrated Service Network Reorganization
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reorganize the Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Veterans Health Administration.

S 548 - Klobuchar
Sexual Assault and Armed Forces
03/13/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to improve and enhance the capabilities of the Armed Forces to prevent and respond to sexual assault and sexual harassment in the Armed Forces.

S 573 - Collins
Veterans Service Organizations and Surplus Property
03/14/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 40, United States Code, to improve veterans service organizations access to Federal surplus personal property.

S 59 - Boxer
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial
05/16/2013 - In SENATE Committee on ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES: Ordered to be reported.
Designates a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California.

S 6 - Reid
Hire Heroes Act of 2011 Reauthorization
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Reauthorizes the Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, provides assistance to small businesses owned by veterans, and improves enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services.

S 613 - Begich
Armed Services Mileage Reimbursement Rate
03/19/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Increases the mileage reimbursement rate for members of the armed services during permanent change of station and authorizes the transportation of additional motor vehicles of members on change of permanent station to or from nonforeign areas outside the continental United States.

S 614 - Inhofe
Armed Forces Tuition Assistance Programs
03/19/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Requires the continuation of tuition assistance programs for members of the Armed Forces for the remainder of fiscal year 2013.

S 62 - Boxer
Tax Overpayments as Contributions to Homeless Veterans
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions and to make additional contributions to the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund.

S 625 - Enzi
Biennial Appropriations Process
03/20/2013 - To SENATE Committee on BUDGET.
Provides for a biennial appropriations process with the exception of defense spending and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.

S 628 - Tester
Armed Forces Separation and Mental Conditions
03/20/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to extend the duration of the Physical Disability Board of Review and to the expand the authority of such Board to review of the separation of members of the Armed Forces on the basis of mental condition not amounting to disability, including separation on the basis of a personality or adjustment disorder.

S 629 - Pryor
Armed Forces Reserve and Veteran Status
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.

S 633 - Tester
Disabled Veterans and Travel Program
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code; provides for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel in connection with certain special disabilities rehabilitation.

S 634 - Tester
Armed Forces Student Loan Deferment
03/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS.
Allows members of the Armed Forces and National Guard to defer principal on Federal student loans for a certain period in connection with receipt of orders for mobilization for war or national emergency.

S 66 - Vitter
Flood Control Projects and Non Federal Sponsors
01/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
Establishes a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and project delivery efficiency of non-Federal sponsors as the lead project delivery team for authorized civil works flood control and navigation construction projects of the Corps of Engineers.

S 674 - Heller
Veterans Affairs Benefits Claims Information Requests
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires prompt responses from the heads of covered Federal agencies when the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests information necessary to adjudicate claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary.

S 675 - Ayotte
Contracting with the Enemy Prohibition
04/09/2013 - To SENATE Committee on HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Prohibits contracting with the enemy.

S 680 - Ayotte
Medium Extended Air Defense System Appropriation
04/10/2013 - In SENATE. Read second time. Placed on Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Rescinds amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.

S 690 - Schatz
Philippines Military and Veteran Status
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

S 695 - Boozman
Veterans and Paralympic Team
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc..

S 700 - Kaine
Veterans and Civilian Certifications
04/10/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Ensures that the education and training provided members of the Armed Forces and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses.

S 705 - Burr
Armed Forces Memorials and Religious Symbols
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols.

S 732 - Paul Ra
Small Port Dredging Criteria
04/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
Modifies the criteria used by the Corps of Engineers to dredge small ports.

S 734 - Nelson Bi
Veterans and Survivors Annuities
04/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.

S 735 - Sanders
Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and assistance provided to surviving spouses of veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

S 748 - Wyden
Veterans Affairs Eligibility and Pensions
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension.

S 753 - Heinrich
National Security Benefits
04/17/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Provides for national security benefits for White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss.

S 759 - Casey
Armed Forces Relocation and State License Tax Credit
04/18/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FINANCE.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State.

S 777 - Gillibrand
Department of Defense Medical Facility Use Restrictions
04/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Restores the previous policy regarding restrictions on use of Department of Defense medical facilities.

S 778 - Burr
Veteran Identification Cards
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue cards to veterans that identify them as veterans.

S 782 - Casey
Gettysburg National Military Park Boundaries
04/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Amends Public Law 101-377 to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station.

S 784 - Baucus
Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans
04/23/2013 - To SENATE Committee on AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY.
Expands agricultural opportunities for military veterans.

S 800 - Cornyn
Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act of 2013; requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South Texas Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center at Harlingen, located in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service inpatient health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to redesignate such center.

S 810 - Donnelly
Armed Forces Mental Health Computerized Assessment
04/25/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Requires a pilot program on an online computerized assessment to enhance detection of behaviors indicating a risk of suicide and other mental health conditions in members of the Armed Forces.

S 819 - Burr
Veterans and Mental Health Care
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require a program of mental health care and rehabilitation for veterans for service-related post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety disorder or a related substance use disorder.

S 825 - Sanders
Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of services for homeless veterans.

S 832 - Donnelly
Veterans and Children with Birth Defects
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out pilot programs on furnishing case management services and assisted living to children of Vietnam veterans and certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida and children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects.

S 845 - Tester
Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program.

S 851 - Sanders
Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2013
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program.

S 852 - Sanders
Veterans Health Promotion Act of 2013
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Veterans' Health Promotion Act of 2013; improves health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs by increasing access to complementary and alternative medicine and other approaches to wellness and preventive care.

S 863 - Blumenthal
Veterans Education Outreach
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to repeal time limitations on the eligibility for use of educational assistance under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program; improves veterans education outreach.

S 868 - Heller
Service in Philippines During World War II
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List.

S 871 - Murray
Combating Military Sexual Assault Act of 2013
05/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Relates to the Combating Military Sexual Assault Act of 2013; amends Title 10, United States Code, to enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by members of the Armed Forces.

S 875 - Casey
Veterans Health Administration and Disease Reporting
05/07/2013 - To SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to require the reporting of cases of infectious diseases at facilities of the Veterans Health Administration.

S 877 - Begich
Veterans Affairs and Public Access to Research
05/09/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow public access to research of the Department.

S 889 - Boozman
Servicemembers Choice in Transition Act of 2013
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013; amends Title 10, United States Code, to improve the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.

S 893 - Sanders
Veterans Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment Act
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013; provides for an increase, effective December 1, 2013, in 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.

S 894 - Sanders
Veterans and Work Study Allowances
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends 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; expands such authority to certain outreach services provided through congressional offices.

S 922 - Sanders
Veterans Equipped for Success Act of 2013
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Veterans Equipped for Success Act of 2013; requires the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing wage subsidies to employers who employ certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces and requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on providing career transition services to young veterans.

S 926 - Begich
National Guard Educational Foundation
05/09/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 32, United States Code, to include the National Guard Educational Foundation among the youth and charitable organizations eligible for National Guard assistance.

S 927 - Sanders
Veterans Affairs and Benefits Awwareness
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a demonstration project to assess the feasibility and advisability of using State and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations to increase awareness of benefits and services for veterans and to improve coordination of outreach activities relating to such benefits and services.

S 928 - Sanders
Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Relates to the Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013; amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of claims for compensation under Laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

S 930 - Bennet
Veteran Education Assistance Overpayments
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends 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 assistance entitlement.

S 932 - Begich
Veterans Affairs Advance Appropriations
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

S 935 - Franken
Veterans Affairs and Medical Examinations
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requesting additional medical examinations of veterans who have submitted sufficient medical evidence provided by non-Department medical professionals; improves the efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans.

S 938 - Moran Je
Veterans and Education Assistance
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to allow certain veterans to use educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for franchise training.

S 939 - Blumenthal
Veterans Appeals and Misfiled Documents
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends Title 38, United States Code, to treat certain misfiled documents as motions for reconsideration of decisions by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

S 944 - Sanders
Veterans Tuition and In-State Rates
06/12/2013 - In SENATE Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Hearings held.
Amends title 38, United States Code, to require courses of education provided by public institutions of higher education that are approved for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate.

S 964 - McCaskill
Armed Forces Sexual Assault Prevention Review
05/15/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Requires a comprehensive review of the adequacy of the training, qualifications, and experience of the Department of Defense personnel responsible for sexual assault prevention and response for the Armed Forces.

S 967 - Gillibrand
UCMJ and Courts Martial Procedures
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Amends Title 10, United States Code, to modify various authorities relating to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

S 976 - Udall M
Potential Military Recruits and Exercise
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Provides for education of potential military recruits on healthy body weight and facilitates and encourages exercise in potential military recruits.

S 980 - Menendez
Enhanced Embassy Security
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Provides for enhanced embassy security.

S 982 - Alexander L
Freedom to Fish Act
06/03/2013 - Public Law No. 113-13
Creates the Freedom to Fish Act; prohibits the Corps of Engineers from taking certain actions to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam; requires the removal of any permanent physical barriers constructed in connection with the restricted area; provides the procedures required for the official establishment of a restricted area.

S 984 - Toomey
Joint Military Exercises with Egypt
05/16/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Prohibits the use of funds for United States participation in joint military exercises with Egypt if the Government of Egypt abrogates, terminates, or withdraws from the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty.

S 992 - Shaheen
Armed Forces and Offices on Sexual Assault Prevention
05/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Provides for offices on sexual assault prevention and response under the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, and requires reports on additional offices and selection of sexual assault prevention and response personnel.

S 995 - Boozman
Desert Storm Memorial
05/21/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Authorizes the National Desert Storm Memorial Association to establish the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia.

SCR 9 - Feinstein
Rafael Peralta Medal of Honor
03/19/2013 - To SENATE Committee on ARMED SERVICES.
Recommends the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Rafael Peralta.

SRES 107 - Murray
National Month of the Military Child
04/23/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Honors military children during the National Month of the Military Child.

SRES 42 - Levin C
Committee on Armed Services Expenditures
02/26/2013 - To SENATE Committee on RULES AND ADMINISTRATION.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed Services.

SRES 48 - Sanders
Committee on Veterans Affairs Expenditures
02/26/2013 - To SENATE Committee on RULES AND ADMINISTRATION.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SRES 67 - Burr
Gold Star Wives Day
03/20/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates April 5, 2013, as "Gold Star Wives Day".

SRES 71 - Burr
Military and Veterans Caregiver Week
03/07/2013 - In SENATE. Passed SENATE.
Designates the week of March 4 through March 8, 2013, as "Military and Veterans Caregiver Week".

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AB 508 - Calderon I
Debt Collection: Homeless Veterans
06/17/2013 - In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
AB 526 - Melendez
Military Service: Benefits
06/14/2013 - In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
AB 78 - Assembly Budget Committee
Energy: Proposition 39 Implementation
06/14/2013 - In SENATE. Joint Rule 10.5 suspended.
ACR 63 - Nestande
United States Korean War Veterans Day
06/14/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committee on RULES.
SB 106 - Monning
Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord Endowment Fund
06/14/2013 - In ASSEMBLY. Read third time, urgency clause adopted. Passed ASSEMBLY. ******To SENATE for concurrence.
SB 134 - Hueso
CalFresh Eligibility
06/14/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
SB 290 - Knight
Nonresident Tuition Exemption: Veterans
06/14/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committees on HIGHER EDUCATION and VETERANS AFFAIRS.
SB 297 - Roth
Public Contacts: Disabled Veterans
06/14/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committees on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY and ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.
SB 397 - Hueso
Vehicles: Enhanced Driver's License
06/17/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committees on TRANSPORTATION and JUDICIARY.
SB 680 - Wolk
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement: Escrow Funds
06/17/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committee on JUDICIARY.
SB 719 - Correa
Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Reports
06/17/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS.
SB 720 - Correa
Military Service: Benefits
06/14/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committees on VETERANS AFFAIRS and JUDICIARY.
SB 73 - Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee
Energy: Proposition 39 Implementation
06/17/2013 - Enrolled.
SB 733 - Block
State Contracts: Disabled Veteran Business
06/17/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committees on JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY and VETERANS AFFAIRS.
SB 758 - Block
General Plans: City of Coronado
06/14/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SB 759 - Nielsen
Firearms: State Military Museum and Resource Center
06/17/2013 - To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
SB 769 - Block
Veterans: Criminal Defendants
06/17/2013 - Enrolled.
SB 788 - Senate Transportation and Housing Committee
Transportation
06/17/2013 - From ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Do pass to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.

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