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Status: HR2716, 1291, 2540, 3447, 801, 811, 3423
fnaWife2AFVV
Registered to :Sep 26, 2001 Messages :198 From : Posted 19-12-2001 at 20:06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This just dropped in email (see also earlier discussions & info in Vets benefits forum, etc.) Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2001 CONTACT: Peter Dickinson, (202) 225-3664 http://veterans.house.gov House Veterans' Affairs Committee 2001 Accomplishments Fulfilling America's Promises to Our Veterans H.R. 2716 - Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act Authorizes $1 Billion to Aid Homeless Veterans and Prevent Veterans From Becoming Homeless On the President's Desk, Awaiting His Signature for Enactment ? Authorizes 2,000 Additional Section 8 HUD Low-Income Housing Vouchers for Homeless Veterans ? Authorizes 10 New Domicilliaries for Homeless Veterans Programs ? Authorizes $285 Million for the Homeless Grant and Per Diem Program ? Authorizes $250 Million for the Department of Labor's Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program ? Requires VA to Provide Technical Assistance to Nonprofit Community-Based Organizations Seeking Federal Funding for Homeless Programs ? Requires the VA to Provide Mental Health Programs Wherever Primary Care is Provided ? Earmarks $10 Million for Medical Care for Homeless Veterans With Special Needs, Including Older Veterans, Women and Substance Abusers H.R. 1291 - Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act Authorizes More Than $3.1 Billion Over Five Years to Expand and Increase Educational, Housing, Burial and Disability Benefits. On the President's Desk, Awaiting His Signature for Enactment ? Boosts the MGIB College Education Benefit Amount by Record 46% over 2 Years ? Restores Lost MGIB Benefits for Reservists and National Guard Members Called Up to Active Duty ? Increases Home Loan Guaranty Program from $50,700 to $60,000 ? Increases Grants for Specially Adapted Housing for Severely Disabled Veterans from $43,000 to $48,000 ? Increases the Automobile and Adaptive Equipment Grant for Severely Disabled Veterans ? Increases Burial and Funeral Expense Benefits by 25% and Doubles Burial Plot Allowances ? Adds Diabetes Type II to List of Service-Connected Conditions for Vietnam Veterans Exposed to Agent Organge ? Adds Undiagnosed Conditions, Such as Fybromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Chronic Multi-Symptom Illnesses to List of Service-Connected Conditions for Gulf War Veterans H.R. 2540 - Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments of 2001 Boosts compensation Payments for Disabled Veterans by $2.5 Billion Over the Next Five Years. On the President's Desk, Awaiting His Signature for Enactment ? For 100% Disabled Veterans, the Average Increase Would Be $738 Per Year H.R. 3447 - Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act Increases Spending on Health Programs for Veterans by $1.4 Billion Passed the House, Senate Action Expected Any Day ? Lowers Out-Of-Pocket Hospitalization Expenses for Lower Income Veterans by 80% to Compensate for Regional Differences in the Cost-Of-Living ? Requires the VA to Establish Chiropractic Care Programs Nationwide ? Authorizes Service Dog Programs for Paralyzed and Other Severely Disabled Veterans ? Requires the VA to Maintain Specialized Medical Programs - Such as for Mental Illness, Spinal Cord Injuries and Prosthetics - in Each of the 21 VA Regions ? Creates New Incentive and Recruitment Programs to Attract and Retain VA Nurses H.R. 801 - Veterans Survivors' Benefits Improvements Act (P.L. 107-14) Adds $100 Million in New Health Care Benefits for Surviving Spouses of Veterans, and Extends Life Insurance Coverage to Spouses and Children of Servicemembers Signed into Law on June 5, 2001 ? Expands CHAMPVA to Surviving Spouses of Veterans Who Die of A Service-Connected Disability ? Expands Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) to Include Spouses and Children of Servicemembers; $100,000 for Spouses and $10,000 for Children ? Makes Retroactive to October 1, 2000 Increases in the Maximum SGLI Benefit for Servicemembers Killed In The Line of Duty to $250,000 H.R. 811 - Veterans Hospitals Emergency Repair Act Authorizes $550 Million over Two Years to Repair, Renovate and Rebuild Dilapidated VA Medical Facilities Passed the House Only ? Provides the VA With Authority to Award Grants Up to $30 Per Selected Medical Facility H.R. 3423 - Reforming Burial Rules at Arlington National Cemetery Reforms the Law on In-Ground Burials for Guardsmen and Reservists at Arlington National Cemetery House Approval Expected Today (12/19/01) ? Removes the Age Requirement for Retired Reserve Members ? Makes Eligible All Guardsmen and Reservists Who Die in the Line of Duty. Please visit http://veterans.house.gov, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs web site, named 'One of the Best Web Sites in Congress' by the Congressional Management Foundation, May 3, 1999. --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some helpful stuff in these! Might be a good time to send emails to the Prez and to you states' Senators. m -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile www Qoute arrow Registered to :Aug 21, 2001 Messages :1033 From :OKLAHOMA Posted 19-12-2001 at 20:57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the info m ((((((((M&G))))))))) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile Qoute David Registered to :Aug 21, 2001 Messages :604 From :San Diego, CA. Posted 20-12-2001 at 03:01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Very good stuff and all much needed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile www Qoute Paula Registered to ec 16, 2001 Messages :55 From : Posted 30-12-2001 at 19:33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you. Seems to be a good idea to have a rundown like that. I learned a bit. I get it piece meal so don't always know what's what....is anyone sending this out from VETS ORGS via E-Mail? The ACLU sents out update on special legislation of interest to it's members...and does some FAX and E-Mail in bloc too... Paula -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile Qoute fnaWife2AFVV Registered to :Sep 26, 2001 Messages :198 From : Posted 31-12-2001 at 23:26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit http://veterans.house.gov> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs web site Paula, I think if you go to the website noted, you'll probably find the path to signing up to receive these email updates. Sometimes the notices *are* mostly eyewash, other times they are notifying of upcoming hearings on different issues, HRs, etc., and sometimes they generate a compendium like the one I posted. m |
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