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Foreign & Military Issues
| Federal Legislation Introduced About Military/Veterans' BenefitsS.117 : A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (15) Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. S.674 : A bill to require accountability and enhanced congressional oversight for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (4) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.692 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in Veterans Affairs hospitals.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 2/27/2007) Cosponsors (1) Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 2/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. S.713 : A bill to ensure dignity in care for members of the Armed Forces recovering from injuries.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 2/28/2007) Cosponsors (34) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 2/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.1084 : A bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 4/10/2007) Cosponsors (10) Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Latest Major Action: 4/10/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. S.1271 : A bill to provide for a comprehensive national research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of the members of the Armed Forces and veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and their families.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 5/2/2007) Cosponsors (4) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 5/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.1817 : A bill to ensure proper administration of the discharge of members of the Armed Forces for personality disorder, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/19/2007) Cosponsors (12) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 7/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.1885 : A bill to provide certain employment protections for family members who are caring for members of the Armed Forces recovering from illnesses and injuries incurred on active duty.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 7/26/2007) Cosponsors (10) Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. S.2147 : A bill to require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 10/4/2007) Cosponsors (7) Committees: Senate Judiciary Latest Major Action: 10/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. S.2330 : A bill to authorize a pilot program within the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development with the goal of preventing at-risk veterans and veteran families from falling into homelessness, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 11/8/2007) Cosponsors (1) Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Latest Major Action: 11/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. S.AMDT.664 to H.R.1591 To appropriate an additional $58,000,000 for Defense Health Program for additional mental health and related personnel, an additional $10,000,000 for operation and maintenance for each of the military departments for improved physical disability evaluations of members of the Armed Forces, and an additional $15,000,000 for Defense Health Program for women's mental health services.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (12) Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Proposed amendment SA 664 withdrawn in Senate. S.1063 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve certain death and survivor benefits with respect to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (None) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.1064 : A bill to provide for the improvement of the physical evaluation processes applicable to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (2) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.1065 : A bill to improve the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members of the Armed Forces, to review and expand telehealth and telemental health programs of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (8) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.1363 : A bill to improve health care for severely injured members and former members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/10/2007) Cosponsors (7) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 5/10/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.1409 : A bill to provide and enhance education, housing, and entrepreneur assistance for veterans who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/16/2007) Cosponsors (2) Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 5/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. S.1444 : A bill to provide for free mailing privileges for personal correspondence and parcels sent to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/22/2007) Cosponsors (3) Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Latest Major Action: 6/6/2007 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. S.1480 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents (known as "Gold Star parents") of members of the Armed Forces who die during a period of war.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/24/2007) Cosponsors (None) Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs Latest Major Action: 5/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. S.1800 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/17/2007) Cosponsors (16) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 7/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.1898 : A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand family and medical leave for spouses, sons, daughters, and parents of servicemembers with combat-related injuries.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/30/2007) Cosponsors (9) Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Major Action: 7/30/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. S.663 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the statutory designation of beneficiaries of the $100,000 death gratuity under section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, and to permit members of the Armed Forces to designate in writing their beneficiaries of choice in the event of their death while serving on active duty.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (1) Committees: Senate Armed Services Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. S.AMDT.2133 to H.R.1585 To modify the calculation of back pay for persons who were approved for promotion as members of the Navy and Marine Corps while interned as prisoners of war during World War II to take into account changes in the Consumer Price Index.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 7/12/2007) Cosponsors (None) Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2133 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. S.AMDT.3088 to H.R.1585 To require a report on medical physical examinations of members of the Armed Forces before their deployment.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3088 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. S.AMDT.3089 to H.R.1585 To provide for a continuation of transitional health benefits for members of the Armed Forces pending a resolution of their service-related medical conditions.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3089 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. S.AMDT.3090 to H.R.1585 To enhance the computation of years of service for purposes of retired pay for non-regular service.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (None) Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3090 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. H.R.1128 : To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide medical personnel of the Department of Veterans Affairs with access to information provided in the joint patient tracking application for the treatment of individuals at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for injuries sustained while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (1) Committees: House Armed Services Latest Major Action: 3/14/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. H.R.5130 : To provide for the payment of interest on claims paid by the United States in connection with the correction of military records when a military corrections board sets aside a conviction by court-martial.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 1/23/2008) Cosponsors (18) Committees: House Armed Services Latest Major Action: 2/11/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Source: www.thomas.loc.gov |