Health Care for Veterans of Project 112/Project SHAD Act of 2003

HR 2445 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the requirement for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities and to expand eligibility for such care to all veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities. HR 2433 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans who participated in certain Department of Defense chemical and biological warfare testing to be provided health care for illness without requirement for proof of service-connection. HR 1328 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period over which an individual must make payment to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to become entitled to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, to prospectively permit any servicemember to withdraw an election not to enroll under the Montgomery GI Bill, and to provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. S 1153 To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit medicare-eligible veterans to receive an out-patient medication benefit, to provide that certain veterans who receive such benefit are not otherwise eligible for medical care and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. S 1125 A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, and for other purposes. HR 2380 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize additional compensation to be paid to certain veterans in receipt of compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling for whom a family member dependent on the veteran for support provides care. HR 3413 To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit additional daily interest charges following prepayment in full of housing loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. HR 3779 To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prevent the disruption of the education of children who change residence based on the military service of their parents. HR 4180 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide reimbursement for members of the Armed Forces retired for a combat-related disability for travel to military treatment facilities for medical care during the first two years after such retirement.

Client expense: $79,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense Commissary Agency, Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Navy, Dept of, President of the U.S., SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 73, HR 241, HR 172, HR 169, HR 294, HR 303, HR 36, HR 58, HR 240, HR 100, HR 348, HR 476, HR 533, HR 595, HR 627, HR 631, HR 632, HR 664, HR 761, HR 843, HR 850, HR 886, HR 1048, HR 1212, HR 1167, hr 1264, HR 1554, HR 1190, HR 1309, HR 1347, HR 1404, HR 1418, HR 1442, HR 1460, HR 1483, HR 1666, HR 1681, HR 1683, HR 1712, HR 1713, HR 1716, HR 1726, HR 1735, HR 1742, HR 1750, HR 1500, HR 1720, HR 1762, HR 1917, HR 1918, HR 1919, HR 1921, HR 1984, HR 1920, H.Res. 251, HR 1838, HR 1918, HR 2217, HR 2285, HR 2318, HR 2352, HR 2433, HR 2445, HR 2475, HR 2861, S 50, S59, S 60, S 19, S 56 S 68 S 69, S249, S 257, S 392, S 517, S 548, S 177, S 730, S 836, S 1188, S 1124, S 1239, S 1144, S 1156

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service

HR 2445 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the requirement for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities and to expand eligibility for such care to all veterans with compensable service-connected disabilities. HR 2433 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans who participated in certain Department of Defense chemical and biological warfare testing to be provided health care for illness without requirement for proof of service-connection. HR 1328 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period over which an individual must make payment to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to become entitled to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, to prospectively permit any servicemember to withdraw an election not to enroll under the Montgomery GI Bill, and to provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. S 1153 To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit medicare-eligible veterans to receive an out-patient medication benefit, to provide that certain veterans who receive such benefit are not otherwise eligible for medical care and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S., SENATE