CURRENT MILITARY/VETERAN LEGISLATION

AS OF JANUARY 15, 2007

S.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 (1)
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.161 : A bill to amend 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.
Sponsor: Sen Thune, John [SD] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
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.

H.R.67 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.81 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that members of the Armed Forces and Selected Reserve may transfer certain educational assistance benefits to dependents, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.89 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend eligibility for combat-related special compensation paid to certain uniformed services retirees who are retired under chapter 61 of such title with fewer than 20 years of creditable service.
Sponsor: Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.92 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny [FL-5] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.140 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.156 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date.
Sponsor: Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.243 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the payment of Combat-Related Special Compensation to members of the Armed Forces retired for disability with less than 20 years of active military service who were awarded the Purple Heart.
Sponsor: Rep Weller, Jerry [IL-11] (introduced 1/5/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/5/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.303 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain 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.
Sponsor: Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] (introduced 1/5/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Armed Services; House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/5/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.315 : To amend 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, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Pearce, Stevan [NM-2] (introduced 1/5/2007)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/5/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.333 : To amend 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, to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt and combat-related special compensation to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Marshall, Jim [GA-8] (introduced 1/9/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services; House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.339 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve access to medical services for veterans seeking treatment at Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics with exceptionally long waiting periods.
Sponsor: Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] (introduced 1/9/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.393 : To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the favorable treatment afforded combat pay under the earned income tax credit, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 1/10/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/10/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.402 : To amend 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.
Sponsor: Rep Knollenberg, Joe [MI-9] (introduced 1/11/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/11/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.R.417 : To amend title 10, United States Code, to change the eligibility requirements for appointment as Secretary of Defense.
Sponsor: Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] (introduced 1/11/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/11/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.424 : To repeal the Military Selective Service Act.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/11/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/11/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

H.R.463 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to terminate the administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as "Priority 8").
Sponsor: Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] (introduced 1/12/2007)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H.CON.RES.29 : Calling for the removal of all restrictions from the public, the press, and military families in mourning that would prohibit their presence at the arrival at military installations in the United States or overseas of the remains of the Nation's fallen heroes, the members of the Armed Forces who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan, with the assurance that family requests for privacy will be respected.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 1/10/2007)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/10/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.