House Veterans' Affairs - Major Bill Actions

• Bill Introduced: H.R.5836 To prohibit institutions of higher education that have a cohort default rate of 30 percent or more from receiving veterans' education benefits, and for other purposes.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-05-17
  To prohibit institutions of higher education that have a cohort default rate of 30 percent or more from receiving veterans' education benefits, and for other purposes.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.5830 To amend title 38, United States Code, to enable certain non-profit organizations that serve homeless veterans to participate in the Grants and Per Diem Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide transitional housing or other facilities for homeless veterans.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-05-17
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to enable certain non-profit organizations that serve homeless veterans to participate in the Grants and Per Diem Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide transitional housing or other facilities for homeless veterans.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.5833 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase burial benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-05-17
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase burial benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.5799 To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-05-16
  To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.5747 Military Family Home Protection Act
  
  Last Updated: 2012-05-14
  To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to improve the protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.5735 To provide for the establishment of a Tomb of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery for interment of cremated fragments of the remains of members of the Armed Forces killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, or a subsequent conflict when the fragments are unidentifiable by use of DNA testing or other means because of the condition of the fragments, are unclaimed, or are identified and authorized by the person designated to direct disposition of the remains for internment in such memorial.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-05-09
  To provide for the establishment of a Tomb of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery for interment of cremated fragments of the remains of members of the Armed Forces killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, or a subsequent conflict when the fragments are unidentifiable by use of DNA testing or other means because of the condition of the fragments, are unclaimed, or are identified and authorized by the person designated to direct disposition of the remains for internment in such memorial.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.5683 Veterans' Job Corps Act
  
  Last Updated: 2012-05-08
  To authorize the President to establish the Veterans' Job Corps as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed veterans and widows of veterans through the performance of useful public works, and for other purposes.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.5653 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide dental care to veterans awarded the Purple Heart, and for other purposes.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-05-08
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide dental care to veterans awarded the Purple Heart, and for other purposes.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.4978 To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the maximum payment amount for certain qualified losses under the Traumatic Injury Protection under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-04-26
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the maximum payment amount for certain qualified losses under the Traumatic Injury Protection under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.Res.636 Expressing support for designation of the period beginning April 9, 2012, and ending May 6, 2012, as "Bataan-Corregidor Month".
  
  Last Updated: 2012-04-26
  Expressing support for designation of the period beginning April 9, 2012, and ending May 6, 2012, as "Bataan-Corregidor Month".
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.4869 Armed Forces Breast Cancer Research Act of 2012
  
  Last Updated: 2012-04-25
  To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly conduct a study on the incidence of breast cancer among members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.4740 Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012
  
  Last Updated: 2012-04-24
  To amend 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.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.4482 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent home loan guaranty programs for veterans regarding adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-04-23
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent home loan guaranty programs for veterans regarding adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.4481 Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act
  
  Last Updated: 2012-04-23
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that Department of Veterans Affairs employees who violate certain civil laws do not receive bonuses.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.Res.625 Honoring the members of the United States Armed Forces who served in Vietnam.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-04-18
  Honoring the members of the United States Armed Forces who served in Vietnam.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.4371 Fairness for World War II and Korean War Spouses Act
  
  Last Updated: 2012-04-16
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve pensions for surviving spouses of World War II and Korean War veterans.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.Res.618 Expressing support for designation of 2012-2013 as the "Year of the Korean War Veteran" and recognizing the 60th anniversary of Korean War.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-04-15
  Expressing support for designation of 2012-2013 as the "Year of the Korean War Veteran" and recognizing the 60th anniversary of Korean War.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.4327 Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 2012
  
  Last Updated: 2012-03-28
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recognize tinnitus as a mandatory condition for research and treatment by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.4299 Quality Housing for Veterans Act
  
  Last Updated: 2012-03-28
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide specially adapted housing assistance to individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member.
  
  
• Bill Introduced: H.R.4315 To amend 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.
  
  Last Updated: 2012-03-28
  To amend 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.