Disabled Veterans Insurance Act of 2007

Department of Veterans Affaris appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 2623, HR 2612, HR 2514, HR 2239, HR 2190, HR 2026, HR 1944, HR 1927, HR 1589, HR 1538, HR 1477, HR 1472, HR 1470, HR 1426, HR 1382, HR 1354, HR 1318, HR 1315, HR 1284, HR 1265, HR 1214, HR 1197, HR 1137, HR 995, HR 976, HR 963, HR 797, HR 728, HR 704, HR 676, HR 675, HR 652, HR 649, HR 634, HR 612, HR 402, HR 358, HR 343, HR 303, HR 243,

Client expense: $400,000 · 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 Employment & Training Service

H.R. 797 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve low-vision benefits matters, matters relating to burial and memorial affairs, and other matters under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 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. H. R. 2026 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of supplemental insurance available for totally disabled veterans. S. 904 To provide additional relief for small business owners ordered to active duty as members of reserve components of the Armed Forces. S. 1147 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. S. 643 To amend section 1922A of title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of supplemental insurance available for totally disabled veterans. S. 1877 To amend title 4, United States Code, to prescribe that members of the Armed Forces and veterans out of uniform may render the military salute during hoisting, lowering, or passing of flag. S. 2026 To amend title 38, United States Code, chapter 11, to clarify that an award of benefits based on a regulatory presumption established pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1116 after September 30, 2002, cannot be made effective earlier than the date the regulatory presumption was established; and to clarify that the presumption of herbicide exposure provided by 38 U.S.C. 1116(f) applies only to veterans who served in Vietnam on land or on Vietnam's inland waterways and not to those who served only in waters offshore or in airspace above. H.R 327 To direct the Secretary of VA to implement a program designed to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans. H. R. 612 To extend the period of eligibility for health care for combat service in the Persian Gulf War or future hostilities from two years to five years after discharge or release.

H.R. 339, the "Veterans Outpatient Care Access Act" H.R. 463/S. 1147, the "Honor Our Commitment to Veterans Act" H.R. 538, the "South Texas Veterans Access to Care Act" H.R. 1284/S. 423, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act" H.R. 1315, a bill providing specially adapted housing assistance to members of the Armed Services H.R. 1354/S. 117, the "Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act" H.R. 1426, the "Richard Helm Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act" H.R. 1448/S. 692, the "VA Hospital Quality Report Card Act" H.R. 1470, the "Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act" H.R. 1471, the "Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep Our Veterans Healthly Act" H.R. 1527, the "Rural Veterans Access to Care Act" H.R. 1925, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a separate Veterans Integrated Service Network for the Gulf Coast region H.R. 2005, the "Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act" H.R. 2172, the "Amputee Veterans Assistance Act" H.R. 2378/S 874, the "Services to Prevent Veteans Homelessness Act" H.R. 2623, a bill which would prohibit the VA from collecting co-payments from veterans receiving hospice care S. 225/H.R. 585, a bill to expand the number of individuals qualifing for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury protection coverage under SGLI S. 526, the "Veterans Employment and Training (VET) Act" S. 643/H.R. 2026, the "Disabled Veterans Insurance Act" S. 847, a bill that would eliminate the current seven-year window that allows a veteran to claim service connectedness for multiple sclerosis (MS) S. 1096, the "Veterans' Housing Benefits Enhancement Act" S. 1163, the "Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act" S. 1261, the "Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act" S. 383, a bill to expand VA health care eligibility from two years to five years for veterans serving in a combat theater of operations S. 472, a bill that would authorize the funding necessary to construct a new major medical facility in the Denver, Colorado area S. 479, the "Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act" S. 815, the "Veterans Health Care Empowerment Act" S. 994/H.R. 1472, the "Disabled Veterans Fairness Act" S. 1233, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Act" H.R. 23/S. 961, the "Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of WWII Act" H.R. 67, the "Veterans Outreach Improvement Act" H.R. 92, the "Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act" H.R. 315, the "Help Establish Access to Timely Health Care for You Vets Act"

S. 1315 Enhance Life Insurance Benefits for Veterans. S. 1606 Care for Wounded Warriors, H.R. 1538 Dignity for Wounded Warriors, H.R. 2026 Life Insurance for Disabled Veterans, S. 643, Insurance for Disabled Veterans, H.R. 463, Health Care for All Veterans, H.R. 1927, Benefits for Disabled Veterans,

Client expense: $237,385 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)