Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1950
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2014-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
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Summary:
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: 
Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends federal veterans provisions to revise or add provisions concerning medical services and other benefits provided to veterans and/or their dependents through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) relating to the following areas:
 
 
survivor and dependent matters, including benefits for children of certain veterans born with spina bifida;
 
education matters, including the approval of courses for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force and the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance programs; 
 
the expansion and extension of certain health care benefits, including immunizations, chiropractic care, treatment for traumatic brain injury, and wellness promotion;
 
health care administration, including extension of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program;
 
complementary and alternative medicine;
 
mental health care, including an education program and peer support program for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders;
 
dental care eligibility and expansion, including a program of education to promote dental health in veterans;
 
health care related to sexual trauma, including appropriate counseling and treatment and a screening mechanism to detect incidents of domestic abuse;
 
reproductive treatment and services, including fertility counseling as well as adoption assistance for severely wounded veterans;
 
major medical facility leases;
 
veterans' employment training and related services;
 
veterans' employment, including within the federal government and as first responders;
 
career transition services;
 
employment and reemployment rights of members of the Armed Forces after active duty service;
 
small business matters, including contracting and subcontracting participation goals with federal departments and agencies;
 
 administrative matters, including regional support centers for Veterans Integrated Service Networks;
 
the revision of claims based on military sexual trauma as well as claims for dependency and indemnity compensation;
 
 jurisdictional matters, including with respect to the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; and
 
 outreach and miscellaneous matters, including repeal of the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S736)
action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S707)
action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S665)
action_date: 2014-01-30
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S611-613)
action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S557-559)
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S445-447)
action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate