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

Bill: 110-hr-4104
Sponsor: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2007-11-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Air force
Airports
Alaska
American Battle Monuments Commission
American Samoa
Appellate courts
Appropriations
Arab countries
Architecture
Armed forces reserves
Arms control
Army
Arts, Culture, Religion
Brain
Building construction
Buy American
California
Cemeteries and funerals
Chemical warfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collection of accounts
Colorado
Commerce
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional-executive relations
Construction costs
Cost plus contracts
Courts of special jurisdiction
Defense budgets
Defense burdensharing
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disabled
District of Columbia
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Engineers
Europe
Families
Federal aid to research
Federal mandates
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government insurance
Government lending
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Government vehicles
Guam
Gulf War syndrome
Head injuries
Health
Homeless
Hospital care
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Indian medical care
Information technology
Infrastructure
Inspectors general
International Affairs
International competitiveness
Iraq compilation
Japan
Joint ventures
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Leases
Life insurance
Lobbying
Maintenance and repair
Marines
Marshall Islands
Medical education
Medical research
Medical supplies
Middle East and North Africa
Military base closures
Military bases
Military construction operations
Military dependents
Military housing
Military maneuvers
Minorities
Mississippi
Mortgages
NATO countries
National Guard
Native Americans
Navy
North Carolina
Nursing homes
Parking facilities
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Property tax
Prosthesis
Psychologists
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real estate appraisal
Recreation
Rental housing
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Rescission of appropriated funds
Research and development
Research grants
Right of property
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Soldiers' homes
South Korea
Sports and Recreation
Steel
Survivors' benefits
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions
Veterans' rehabilitation
Virginia
Waste in government spending
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-07
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: 2007-11-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H13301-13302)
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Introduced in House