Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Bill: 110-s-2363
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2007-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Alaska
American Battle Monuments Commission
Appellate courts
Appropriations
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Arms control
Army
California
Cemeteries and funerals
Chemical warfare
Claims
Commemorations
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Defense budgets
Defense burdensharing
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability evaluation
Disabled
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government life insurance
Government trust funds
Health
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Indian housing
Indian medical care
Information technology
Inspectors general
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Law
Long-term care
Marines
Medical research
Military base closures
Military bases
Military construction operations
Military dependents
Military housing
Minorities
Mississippi
Monuments and memorials
NATO military forces
National Guard
Navy
Nursing homes
Prosthesis
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Rescission of appropriated funds
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Soldiers' homes
Survivors' benefits
Texas
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' employment
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' loans
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions
Veterans' rehabilitation
Virginia
Vocational rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Appropriates funds for FY2008 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) DOD chemical demilitarization construction; and (6) the Department of Defense Base Closure Accounts of 1990 and 2005.
 
Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration; (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) the Office of Inspector General; (11) construction for major and minor projects; and (12) grants for the construction of extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.
 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses, Army; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorities regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-16
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 511.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate