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Summary
This bill extends the presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with herbicide exposure to veterans who served: (1) in the territorial seas of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or (2) in or near the Korean demilitarized zone between September 1, 1967, and August 31, 1971. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. The bill extends eligibility for health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance to children with spina bifida who have at least one veteran parent who may have been exposed to an herbicide agent while serving in Thailand between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. The bill revises the VA's home loan guaranty program to adjust loan fee rates and eliminate the limit on guaranty amount that is based on the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) conforming loan limit. The VA shall permit a VA-approved appraiser to make a housing loan appraisal based solely on information gathered by a person with whom the appraiser has entered into an agreement for such services.
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Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616.
June 28, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
June 26, 2018
Received in the Senate.
June 25, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
June 25, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 0 (Roll no. 289). (text: CR H5611-5614)
House
June 25, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 0 (Roll no. 289).(text: CR H5611-5614)
House
June 25, 2018
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5620-5621)
June 25, 2018
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
June 25, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 299.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 95, the Homeless Veteran Families Act
H.R. 96
H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018
H.R. 444, the Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2019
H.R. 445, the Help Hire Our Heroes Act
H.R. 663/S. 191, the Burn Pits Accountability Act
H.R. 840, the Veterans Access to Child Care Act
H.R. 1163/S. 902, the VA Hiring Enhancement Act
H.R. 1271, the Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Health Professionals Act of 2019 (VET HP Act)
H.R. 1381/S. 554, the Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act
H.R. 1527, the Long Term Care Veterans Choice Act
H.R. 1718/S. 791, the GI Education Benefits Fairness Act
H.R. 1721, the Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act
H.R. 1722, the Build a Better VA Act
H.R. 1749, the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Act
H.R. 1750, the Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act
H.R. 1963, the Expanding Care for Veterans Act
H.R. 2045/S. 1003, the Veterans Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 2019
H.R. 2094/S. 1034
House Draft Bill, Find our Valor Act
House Draft Bill, TAP Modernization
House Draft Bill, Specially Adapted Housing
House Draft Bill, Expand caregiver benefits
S. 179/H.R. 712, the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2019
S. 221, the VA Provider Accountability Act
S. 318, the VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act
S. 319, the Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2019
S. 408, the Veterans Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act of 2019
S. 598, the BRAVE Act of 2019
S. 679, the Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act (HAVEN) of 2019
S. 760, the Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of 2019
S. 785, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act
The Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act
Senate Draft Bill, VA Provider Accountability Act
Senate Draft Bill, 1151 protections
Implementation of P.L. 113-146, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act
Implementation of P.L. 115-55, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
Implementation of P.L. 115-48, the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017
Implementation of P.L. 115-182, the VA MISSION Act of 2018
Discussion regarding improved access to IVF
Discussion of improved access to VA long-term services and supports
House Draft Bill, Homes for Our Heroes Act
Client expense: $77,998 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
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HR 91 -- Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
HR 93 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
HR 95 -- Veterans Access to Child Care Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 105 -- Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 299 -- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 467 -- VA Scheduling Accountability Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 501 -- VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 -- To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
HR 906 -- Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act -- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 907 -- Newborn Care Improvement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
HR 918 -- Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
HR 1005 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
HR 1063 -- Veteran Prescription Continuity Act -- To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
HR 1066 -- VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1162 -- No Hero Left Untreated Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
HR 1181 -- Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1259 -- VA Accountability First Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1328 -- American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 1390 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
HR 1506 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017 -- To amend Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1564 -- VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 -- To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1848 -- Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
HR 1900 -- National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act -- To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1942 -- To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1972 -- VA Billing Accountability Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2006 -- VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2020 -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
HR 2147 -- Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2225 -- Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
HR 2322 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 2327 -- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2409 -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed - SUPPORT
HR 2506 -- Veterans Wellness Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
HR 2601 -- Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 -- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2773 -- To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
HR 2787 -- Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Medical Doctors Act -- To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school - SUPPORT
HR 3557 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
HR 3605 -- Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
HR 3642 -- Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
HR 3657 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
HR 3696 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, masters degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3705 -- Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
HR 3832 -- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3866 -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan - SUPPORT
HR 4242 -- VA Care in the Community Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4243 -- Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 -- To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR 4245 -- Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 -- To direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4334 -- Improving Oversight of Women Veterans Care Act of 2017 -- To provide for certain reporting requirements relating to medical care for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and through contracts entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with non-Department medical providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4335 -- Servicemember Family Burial Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4635 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes -- To direct the VA Secretary to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 -- Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 -- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5467 -- Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2008 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5521 -- VA Hiring Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain Veterans Health Administration personnel, to permit the Veterans Health Administration to make contingent appointments, and to require certain Veterans Health Administration physicians to complete residency training - SUPPORT
HR 5649 -- Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Public Law 115-182
[HR 5674; S 2372] -- VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or (VA MISSION Act of 2018). -- To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5693 -- Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently SUPPORT
HR 5786 -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5938 -- Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 -- To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the VA Secretary to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the VA, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 90; S 233 -- Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 1133; S 115 -- Veterans Transplant Coverage Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2123; S 925 -- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3262; S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 -- Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S Res 112 -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day. -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day - SUPPORT
S 75 -- Arla Harrell Act -- To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 -- Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S 283 -- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 423 -- CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 591 -- Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 -- To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 609 -- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 681 -- Deborah Sampson Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S 683 -- Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S 706 -- Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 744 -- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 -- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S 758 -- Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 -- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 798 -- Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 804 -- Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act -- To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 833 -- Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 899 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 946 -- Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 1153 -- Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) -- To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
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HR 91 -- Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
HR 93 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
HR 95 -- Veterans Access to Child Care Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 105 -- Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 299 -- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 467 -- VA Scheduling Accountability Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 501 -- VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 -- To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
HR 906 -- Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act -- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 907 -- Newborn Care Improvement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
HR 918 -- Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
HR 1005 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
HR 1063 -- Veteran Prescription Continuity Act -- To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
HR 1066 -- VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1162 -- No Hero Left Untreated Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
HR 1181 -- Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1259 -- VA Accountability First Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1328 -- American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 1390 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
HR 1506 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017 -- To amend Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1564 -- VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 -- To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1848 -- Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
HR 1900 -- National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act -- To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1942 -- To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1972 -- VA Billing Accountability Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2006 -- VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2020 -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
HR 2147 -- Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2225 -- Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
HR 2322 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 2327 -- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2409 -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed - SUPPORT
HR 2506 -- Veterans Wellness Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
HR 2601 -- Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 -- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2773 -- To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
HR 2787 -- Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Medical Doctors Act -- To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school - SUPPORT
HR 3557 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
HR 3605 -- Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
HR 3642 -- Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
HR 3657 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
HR 3696 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, masters degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3705 -- Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
HR 3832 -- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3866 -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan - SUPPORT
HR 4242 -- VA Care in the Community Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4243 -- Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 -- To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR 4245 -- Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 -- To direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4334 -- Improving Oversight of Women Veterans Care Act of 2017 -- To provide for certain reporting requirements relating to medical care for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and through contracts entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with non-Department medical providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4335 -- Servicemember Family Burial Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4635 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes -- To direct the VA Secretary to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 -- Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 -- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5467 -- Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2008 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5521 -- VA Hiring Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain Veterans Health Administration personnel, to permit the Veterans Health Administration to make contingent appointments, and to require certain Veterans Health Administration physicians to complete residency training - SUPPORT
HR 5649 -- Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Public Law 115-182
[HR 5674; S 2372] -- VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or (VA MISSION Act of 2018). -- To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5693 -- Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently SUPPORT
HR 5786 -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5938 -- Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 -- To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the VA Secretary to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the VA, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 90; S 233 -- Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 1133; S 115 -- Veterans Transplant Coverage Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2123; S 925 -- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3262; S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 -- Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S Res 112 -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day. -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day - SUPPORT
S 75 -- Arla Harrell Act -- To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 -- Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S 283 -- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 423 -- CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 591 -- Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 -- To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 609 -- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 681 -- Deborah Sampson Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S 683 -- Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S 706 -- Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 744 -- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 -- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S 758 -- Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 -- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 798 -- Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 804 -- Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act -- To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 833 -- Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 899 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 946 -- Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 1153 -- Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) -- To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
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HJ Res 61; SJ Res 46 -- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. -- Protecting the American flag from acts of physical desecration by passing a constitutional amendment - SUPPORT
We also advocate on a variety of other topics, all veteran related. From HR 299, the Blue Water Navy Veterans Act, which expands benefits for veterans impacted by Agent Orange.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
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HR 91 -- Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
HR 93 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
HR 95 -- Veterans Access to Child Care Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 105 -- Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 299 -- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 467 -- VA Scheduling Accountability Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 501 -- VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 -- To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
HR 906 -- Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act -- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 907 -- Newborn Care Improvement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
HR 918 -- Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
HR 1005 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
HR 1063 -- Veteran Prescription Continuity Act -- To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
HR 1066 -- VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1162 -- No Hero Left Untreated Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
HR 1181 -- Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1259 -- VA Accountability First Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1328 -- American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 1390 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
HR 1506 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017 -- To amend Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1564 -- VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 -- To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1848 -- Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
HR 1900 -- National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act -- To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1942 -- To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1972 -- VA Billing Accountability Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2006 -- VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2020 -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
HR 2147 -- Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2225 -- Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
HR 2322 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 2327 -- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2409 -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed - SUPPORT
HR 2506 -- Veterans Wellness Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
HR 2601 -- Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 -- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2773 -- To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
HR 2787 -- Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Medical Doctors Act -- To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school - SUPPORT
HR 3557 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
HR 3605 -- Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
HR 3642 -- Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
HR 3657 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
HR 3696 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, masters degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3705 -- Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
HR 3832 -- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3866 -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan - SUPPORT
HR 4242 -- VA Care in the Community Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4243 -- Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 -- To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR 4245 -- Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 -- To direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4334 -- Improving Oversight of Women Veterans Care Act of 2017 -- To provide for certain reporting requirements relating to medical care for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and through contracts entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with non-Department medical providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4335 -- Servicemember Family Burial Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4635 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes -- To direct the VA Secretary to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 -- Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 -- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5467 -- Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2008 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5521 -- VA Hiring Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain Veterans Health Administration personnel, to permit the Veterans Health Administration to make contingent appointments, and to require certain Veterans Health Administration physicians to complete residency training - SUPPORT
HR 5649 -- Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Public Law 115-182
[HR 5674; S 2372] -- VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or (VA MISSION Act of 2018). -- To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5693 -- Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently SUPPORT
HR 5786 -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5938 -- Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 -- To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the VA Secretary to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the VA, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 90; S 233 -- Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 1133; S 115 -- Veterans Transplant Coverage Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2123; S 925 -- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3262; S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 -- Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S Res 112 -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day. -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day - SUPPORT
S 75 -- Arla Harrell Act -- To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 -- Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S 283 -- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 423 -- CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 591 -- Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 -- To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 609 -- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 681 -- Deborah Sampson Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S 683 -- Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S 706 -- Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 744 -- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 -- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S 758 -- Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 -- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 798 -- Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 804 -- Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act -- To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 833 -- Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 899 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 946 -- Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 1153 -- Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) -- To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
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HJ Res 61; SJ Res 46 -- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. -- Protecting the American flag from acts of physical desecration by passing a constitutional amendment - SUPPORT
We also advocate on a variety of other topics, all veteran related. From HR 299, the Blue Water Navy Veterans Act, which expands benefits for veterans impacted by Agent Orange.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 91 -- Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
HR 93 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
HR 95 -- Veterans Access to Child Care Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 105 -- Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 299 -- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 467 -- VA Scheduling Accountability Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 501 -- VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 -- To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
HR 906 -- Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act -- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 907 -- Newborn Care Improvement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
HR 918 -- Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
HR 1005 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
HR 1063 -- Veteran Prescription Continuity Act -- To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
HR 1066 -- VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1162 -- No Hero Left Untreated Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
HR 1181 -- Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1259 -- VA Accountability First Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1328 -- American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 1390 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
HR 1506 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017 -- To amend Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1564 -- VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 -- To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1848 -- Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
HR 1900 -- National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act -- To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1942 -- To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1972 -- VA Billing Accountability Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2006 -- VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2020 -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
HR 2147 -- Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2225 -- Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
HR 2322 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 2327 -- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2409 -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed - SUPPORT
HR 2506 -- Veterans Wellness Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
HR 2601 -- Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 -- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2773 -- To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
HR 2787 -- Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Medical Doctors Act -- To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school - SUPPORT
HR 3557 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
HR 3605 -- Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
HR 3642 -- Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
HR 3657 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
HR 3696 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, masters degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3705 -- Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
HR 3832 -- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3866 -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan - SUPPORT
HR 4242 -- VA Care in the Community Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4243 -- Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 -- To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR 4245 -- Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 -- To direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4334 -- Improving Oversight of Women Veterans Care Act of 2017 -- To provide for certain reporting requirements relating to medical care for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and through contracts entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with non-Department medical providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4335 -- Servicemember Family Burial Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4635 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes -- To direct the VA Secretary to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 -- Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 -- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5467 -- Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2008 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5521 -- VA Hiring Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain Veterans Health Administration personnel, to permit the Veterans Health Administration to make contingent appointments, and to require certain Veterans Health Administration physicians to complete residency training - SUPPORT
HR 5649 -- Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Public Law 115-182
[HR 5674; S 2372] -- VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or (VA MISSION Act of 2018). -- To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5693 -- Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently SUPPORT
HR 5786 -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5938 -- Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 -- To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the VA Secretary to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the VA, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 90; S 233 -- Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 1133; S 115 -- Veterans Transplant Coverage Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2123; S 925 -- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3262; S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 -- Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S Res 112 -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day. -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day - SUPPORT
S 75 -- Arla Harrell Act -- To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 -- Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S 283 -- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 423 -- CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 591 -- Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 -- To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 609 -- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 681 -- Deborah Sampson Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S 683 -- Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S 706 -- Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 744 -- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 -- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S 758 -- Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 -- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 798 -- Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 804 -- Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act -- To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 833 -- Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 899 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 946 -- Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 1153 -- Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) -- To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 91 -- Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
HR 93 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
HR 95 -- Veterans Access to Child Care Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 105 -- Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 299 -- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 467 -- VA Scheduling Accountability Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 501 -- VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 -- To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
HR 906 -- Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act -- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 907 -- Newborn Care Improvement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
HR 918 -- Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
HR 1005 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
HR 1063 -- Veteran Prescription Continuity Act -- To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
HR 1066 -- VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1162 -- No Hero Left Untreated Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
HR 1181 -- Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1259 -- VA Accountability First Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1328 -- American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 1390 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
HR 1506 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017 -- To amend Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1564 -- VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 -- To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1848 -- Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
HR 1900 -- National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act -- To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1942 -- To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1972 -- VA Billing Accountability Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2006 -- VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2020 -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
HR 2147 -- Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2225 -- Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
HR 2322 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 2327 -- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2409 -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed - SUPPORT
HR 2506 -- Veterans Wellness Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
HR 2601 -- Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 -- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2773 -- To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
HR 2787 -- Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Medical Doctors Act -- To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school - SUPPORT
HR 3557 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
HR 3605 -- Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
HR 3642 -- Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
HR 3657 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
HR 3696 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, masters degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3705 -- Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
HR 3832 -- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3866 -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan - SUPPORT
HR 4242 -- VA Care in the Community Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4243 -- Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 -- To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR 4245 -- Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 -- To direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4334 -- Improving Oversight of Women Veterans Care Act of 2017 -- To provide for certain reporting requirements relating to medical care for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and through contracts entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with non-Department medical providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4335 -- Servicemember Family Burial Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4635 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes -- To direct the VA Secretary to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 -- Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 -- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5467 -- Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2008 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5521 -- VA Hiring Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain Veterans Health Administration personnel, to permit the Veterans Health Administration to make contingent appointments, and to require certain Veterans Health Administration physicians to complete residency training - SUPPORT
HR 5649 -- Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Public Law 115-182
[HR 5674; S 2372] -- VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or (VA MISSION Act of 2018). -- To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5693 -- Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently SUPPORT
HR 5786 -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5938 -- Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 -- To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the VA Secretary to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the VA, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 90; S 233 -- Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 1133; S 115 -- Veterans Transplant Coverage Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2123; S 925 -- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3262; S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 -- Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S Res 112 -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day. -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day - SUPPORT
S 75 -- Arla Harrell Act -- To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 -- Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S 283 -- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 423 -- CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 591 -- Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 -- To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 609 -- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 681 -- Deborah Sampson Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S 683 -- Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S 706 -- Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 744 -- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 -- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S 758 -- Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 -- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 798 -- Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 804 -- Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act -- To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 833 -- Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 899 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 946 -- Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 1153 -- Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) -- To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 91 -- Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
HR 93 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
HR 95 -- Veterans Access to Child Care Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 105 -- Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 299 -- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 467 -- VA Scheduling Accountability Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 501 -- VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 -- To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
HR 906 -- Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act -- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 907 -- Newborn Care Improvement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
HR 918 -- Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
HR 1005 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
HR 1063 -- Veteran Prescription Continuity Act -- To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
HR 1066 -- VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1162 -- No Hero Left Untreated Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
HR 1181 -- Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1259 -- VA Accountability First Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1328 -- American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 1390 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
HR 1506 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017 -- To amend Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1564 -- VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 -- To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1848 -- Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
HR 1900 -- National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act -- To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1942 -- To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1972 -- VA Billing Accountability Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2006 -- VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2020 -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
HR 2147 -- Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2225 -- Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
HR 2322 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 2327 -- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2409 -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed - SUPPORT
HR 2506 -- Veterans Wellness Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
HR 2601 -- Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 -- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2773 -- To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
HR 2787 -- Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Medical Doctors Act -- To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school - SUPPORT
HR 3557 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
HR 3605 -- Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
HR 3642 -- Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
HR 3657 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
HR 3696 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, masters degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3705 -- Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
HR 3832 -- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3866 -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan - SUPPORT
HR 4242 -- VA Care in the Community Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4243 -- Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 -- To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR 4245 -- Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 -- To direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4334 -- Improving Oversight of Women Veterans Care Act of 2017 -- To provide for certain reporting requirements relating to medical care for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and through contracts entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with non-Department medical providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4335 -- Servicemember Family Burial Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4635 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes -- To direct the VA Secretary to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 -- Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 -- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5467 -- Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2008 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5521 -- VA Hiring Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain Veterans Health Administration personnel, to permit the Veterans Health Administration to make contingent appointments, and to require certain Veterans Health Administration physicians to complete residency training - SUPPORT
HR 5649 -- Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Public Law 115-182
[HR 5674; S 2372] -- VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or (VA MISSION Act of 2018). -- To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5693 -- Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently SUPPORT
HR 5786 -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5938 -- Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 -- To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the VA Secretary to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the VA, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 90; S 233 -- Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 1133; S 115 -- Veterans Transplant Coverage Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2123; S 925 -- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3262; S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 -- Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S Res 112 -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day. -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day - SUPPORT
S 75 -- Arla Harrell Act -- To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 -- Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S 283 -- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 423 -- CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 591 -- Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 -- To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 609 -- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 681 -- Deborah Sampson Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S 683 -- Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S 706 -- Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 744 -- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 -- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S 758 -- Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 -- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 798 -- Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 804 -- Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act -- To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 833 -- Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 899 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 946 -- Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 1153 -- Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) -- To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
PL 115-86 [H.R. 1545]: VA Prescription Data Accountability Act / amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain patient information to State controlled substance monitoring programs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
PL 115-65 [H.R. 2519, S. 1182]: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act / require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion - SUPPORT
PL 115-75 [H.R. 1329; S. 784]: Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017 / effective December 1, 2017 increase the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, to amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, to improve the processing of claims by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
PL 115-95 [S. 1266] : Enhancing Veteran Care Act / authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
H.R. 91: Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
H.R. 93: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans / To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
H.R. 95: Veterans Access to Child Care Act / amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
H.R. 105: Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 299: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 467: VA Scheduling Accountability Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 501: VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 / To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 906: Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act / To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 907: Newborn Care Improvement Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
H.R. 918: Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
H.R. 1005: To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
H.R. 1063: Veteran Prescription Continuity Act / To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
H.R. 1066: VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1162: No Hero Left Untreated Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
H.R. 1181: Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1259: VA Accountability First Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1328: American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
H.R. 1390: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
H.R. 1545: VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain patient information to State controlled substance monitoring programs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1564: VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 / To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1725: Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1848: Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
H.R. 1900: National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act / To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1942: To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. / To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1972: VA Billing Accountability Act / To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2006: VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2020: To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. / To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
H.R. 2147: Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 / To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2225: Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
H.R. 2327: Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2506: Veterans Wellness Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
H.R. 2601: Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 / To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2773: To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall / To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
H.R. 3122: Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017 / To protect individuals who are eligible for increased pension under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the basis of need of regular aid and attendance from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 3557: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
H.R. 3605: Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
H.R. 3642: Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
H.R. 3656: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable - SUPPORT
H.R. 3657: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
H.R. 3705: Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
H.R. 4242: VA Care in the Community Act / To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 4243: Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 / To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
H.R. 90; S. 233: Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 / To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
H.R. 1133; S. 115: Veterans Transplant Coverage Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2123, S. 925: Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) / To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 3262, S. 426: Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 / To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 75: Arla Harrell Act / To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 283: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act / To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 324: State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
S. 423: CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 426: Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 / To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 591: Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 / To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 609: Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 681: Deborah Sampson Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S. 683: Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S. 706: Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 744: Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 / To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S. 758: Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 / To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 798: Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 804: Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act / To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 833: Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 899: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 946: Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 / To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1153: Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) / To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1209: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes. / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1261: Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to require the VA Secretary to pay the reasonable costs of urgent care provided to certain veterans, to establish cost-sharing amounts for veterans receiving care at an emergency room of the VA, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1279: Veterans Health Administration Reform Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to furnish health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs through the use of non-Department health care providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1318: Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2017 / To protect the rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1325: Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the authorities of the VA Secretary to hire, recruit, and train employees of the VA, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1467: Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act / To require the VA Secretary to award grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1550: Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act of 2017 / To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 2184: Veteran Community Care and Access Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve veterans' health care benefits, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 2193: Caring for Our Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Improvements in veterans and survivor benefits. H.R. 299, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans, to provide include as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents; H.R.5674 VA MISSION Act, to improve veterans health care; H.R.5895 FY19 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations; S. 1596, to increase burial allowances; S. 1990, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement; S. 2485 Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition; S. 992, Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act, to create a study on veterans suicide
Client expense: $414,436 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Government Printing Office (GPO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Guard, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Secretary of Defense, President of the U.S., SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 91 -- Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
HR 93 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
HR 95 -- Veterans Access to Child Care Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 105 -- Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 299 -- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 467 -- VA Scheduling Accountability Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 501 -- VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 -- To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
HR 906 -- Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act -- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 907 -- Newborn Care Improvement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
HR 918 -- Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
HR 1005 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
HR 1063 -- Veteran Prescription Continuity Act -- To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
HR 1066 -- VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1162 -- No Hero Left Untreated Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
HR 1181 -- Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1259 -- VA Accountability First Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1328 -- American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 1390 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
HR 1506 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017 -- To amend Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1564 -- VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 -- To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1848 -- Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
HR 1900 -- National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act -- To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1942 -- To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1972 -- VA Billing Accountability Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2006 -- VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2020 -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
HR 2147 -- Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2225 -- Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
HR 2322 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 2327 -- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2409 -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed - SUPPORT
HR 2506 -- Veterans Wellness Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
HR 2601 -- Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 -- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2773 -- To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
HR 2787 -- Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Medical Doctors Act -- To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school - SUPPORT
HR 3557 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
HR 3605 -- Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
HR 3642 -- Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
HR 3657 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
HR 3696 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, masters degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3705 -- Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
HR 3832 -- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3866 -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan - SUPPORT
HR 4242 -- VA Care in the Community Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4243 -- Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 -- To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR 4245 -- Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 -- To direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4334 -- Improving Oversight of Women Veterans Care Act of 2017 -- To provide for certain reporting requirements relating to medical care for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and through contracts entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with non-Department medical providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4335 -- Servicemember Family Burial Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4635 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes -- To direct the VA Secretary to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 -- Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 -- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5467 -- Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2008 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5521 -- VA Hiring Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain Veterans Health Administration personnel, to permit the Veterans Health Administration to make contingent appointments, and to require certain Veterans Health Administration physicians to complete residency training - SUPPORT
HR 5649 -- Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Public Law 115-182
[HR 5674; S 2372] -- VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or (VA MISSION Act of 2018). -- To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5693 -- Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently SUPPORT
HR 5786 -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5938 -- Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 -- To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the VA Secretary to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the VA, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 90; S 233 -- Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 1133; S 115 -- Veterans Transplant Coverage Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2123; S 925 -- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3262; S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 -- Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S Res 112 -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day. -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day - SUPPORT
S 75 -- Arla Harrell Act -- To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 -- Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S 283 -- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 423 -- CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 591 -- Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 -- To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 609 -- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 681 -- Deborah Sampson Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S 683 -- Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S 706 -- Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 744 -- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 -- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S 758 -- Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 -- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 798 -- Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 804 -- Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act -- To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 833 -- Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 899 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 946 -- Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 1153 -- Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) -- To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HJ Res 61; SJ Res 46 -- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. -- Protecting the American flag from acts of physical desecration by passing a constitutional amendment - SUPPORT
We also advocate on a variety of other topics, all veteran related. From HR 299, the Blue Water Navy Veterans Act, which expands benefits for veterans impacted by Agent Orange.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 90, HR 91, HR 92, HR 93, HR 95, HR 101, HR 102, HR 103, HR 299, HR 303, HR 457, HR 476, HR 632, HR 846, HR 907, HR 918, HR 927, HR 936, HR 1005, HR 1058, HR 1063, HR 1100, HR 1153, HR 1279, HR 1329, HR 1359, HR 1367, HR 1371, HR 1472, HR 1618, HR 1802, HR 1943, HR 1972, HR 2123, HR 2147, HR 2288, HR 2452, HR 2652, HR 3158, HR 3368, HR 3558, HR 3605, HR 3705, HR 3819, HR 4016, HR 4099, HR 4146, HR 4334, HR 4345, HR 4369, HR 4451, HR 4556, HR 4635, HR 4843, HR 4898, HR 4958, HR 5044, HR 5452, HR 5467, HR 5520, HR 5553, HR 5671, HR 5693, HR 5920, S 23, S 75, S 112, S 113, S 116, S 120, S 165, S 233, S 283, S 319, S 324, S 339, S 422, S 423, S 591, S 609, S 681, S 683, S 784, S 804, S 833, S 925, S 946, S 970, S 992, S 1024, S 1072, S 1111, S 1153, S 1161, S 1261, S 1325, S 1333, S 1473, S 1735, S 1759, S 1873, S 1972, S 1990, S 2038, S 2105, S 2131, S 2193, S 2239, S 2341, S 2356, S 2402, S 2565, S 2768, S 2796, S 2821, S 2884.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Lobbying in support of the FAIR Heroes Act (HR 4571, S 2117) and HEARTS Act of 2018 (HR 6886) (to improve insurance options for chapter 61 military retirees who qualify for Medicare Part B and TRICARE); the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018 (HR 299) (to provide medical treatment to veterans exposed to Agent Orange); the Veterans Affairs Medical Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act (HR 5418) (to improve purchasing practices); the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017 (S 1990) (to increase amounts payable by VA for dependents when a veteran is rated totally disabled at the time of death); and research for draft and developing legislation on toxic exposure, GI Bill benefits, medicinal cannabis, and suicide prevention. Request for memorandum of agreement with Department of Veterans Affairs regarding Wounded Warrior Project mental health programming.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
FHA Premiums
HR1321 - To amend the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance to reduce up-front premiums for FHA-insured mortgages if the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund exceeds the statutory limit, and for other purposes.
HR4159 - Making FHA More Affordable Act of 2017
Fair Housing Protections
HR1447 - Fair and Equal Housing Act
S1328 - Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017
HR6220 - Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018
Manufactured Housing
HR1699 - Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017
Rural Housing Programs
HR2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
HR__ - FY2018 Agriculture Appropriations
HR__ - FY2018 HUD Appropriations
HR1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
HR3267 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
S2976 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
VA Housing
HR299 - Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
HR815 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
HR2777 - Give Veterans Home Loan Choices Act of 2017
HR5693 - Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
HR6737 - Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018
S2034 - Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act of 2018
HUD Housing Choice Voucher Mobility
HR5793 - Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018
Affordable Housing
S3231 - Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act of 2018
S3503 - American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization - Housing Provisions
HR6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
Letter to Senate Leadership supporting the nomination of Seth Appleton to be Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at HUD.
Discussions with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding the Federal Housing Administration, multifamily housing, fair housing issues, FHA condominium rules, FHA premiums, and the FHA Counseling Advisory Board.
Discussions with the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding the VA home loan guaranty program, refinancing issues, and loan fees.
Discussions with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding rural housing loans, the home loan program.
Discussions with the Appraisal Subcommittee on appraisal waivers.
Discussions with the U.S. Treasury Department regarding appraisals, commercial real estate appraisals.
Discussions with the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA/Ginnie Mae) regarding FHA issues.
Discussions with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding appraisal regulations, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac appraisal modernization.
Discussions with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) regarding appraisals, commercial real estate appraisals.
Discussions with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regarding appraisal thresholds.
Discussions with the Federal Reserve System regarding appraisal thresholds.
Client expense: $19,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 4571, FAIR Heroes Act, Waive Medicare late enrollment penalties for disabled veterans eligible for TRICARE-Entire Bill;
HR 1683, National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act, Authorizes the minting of a commemorative coin for the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor - Entire Bill;
HR 2198, Veterans Crisis Line Improvemement Act, Directs the Secretary to ensure all calls are answered timely - Entire Bill;
HR 2222, HOMES Act, Incentivize grantees for to rehouse homeless veterans - Entire Bill;
HR 2225, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act, Teach veterans to train service dogs - Entire Bill;
HR 2631, Justice for Servicemembers Act, Eliminates forced arbitration in USERRA claims - Entire Bill;
HR 2850, Military Patron Protection Act, Include stakeholder engagement in military commissary reform - Entire Bill;
HR 299, To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes., Extends Agent Orange benefits to Blue Water Navy veterans - Entire Bill;
HR 303, To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or combat-related special compensation., Authorizes concurrent receipt of VA disability benefits and DOD retired pay - Entire Bill;
HR 333, Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act, Authorizes concurrent receipt of VA disability benefits and DOD retired pay - Entire Bill;
HR 506, Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act, Increases penalty for those who engage in schemes to defraud veterans of federal benefits;
HR 544, Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act, Prohibits the sale of military-issued Purple Heart medals - Entire Bill;
HR 846, To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes., Eliminates the Survivor Benfit Plan/Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset for veterans' widows and survivors - Entire Bill;
HR 907, Newborn Care Improvement Act, Increases the amount of time VA may provide maternity care to women veterans - Entire Bill;
HR 92, CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2017, Allows veterans' children to remain on CHAMPVA until age 26 - Entire Bill;
HR 4345, Veterans Treatment Court Coordination Act, Gives grants to states with veterans treatment courts - Entire Bill;
HR 1384, Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act, Gives full active duty benefits to Guard and Reserves deployed under 12304a and 12304b orders - Entire Bill;
HR 2683, Protecting Veterans Credit Act, Require credit rating agencies to strike debts from veterans credit reports if they were incurred from care authorized by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Entire Bill;
HR 3642, Military SAVE Act, Pilot program to allow victims of military sexual trauma to elect to receive private health care - Entire Bill;
HR 4016, Restore Veterans Compensation Act, Eliminate the recoupment of separation pay from veterans who are subsequently awarded disability compensation - Entire Bill;
HR 4099, To amend title 38, USC, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants, Ensure children of homeless veterans are included when calculating per diem grants - Entire Bill;
HR 4328, Honoring World War I Memorials Act, Gives grants to repair World War I Memorials - Entire Bill;
HR 4369, Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans Act, Codifies the veterans individual unemployability benefit - Entire Bill;
HR 4345, Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act, Establish grants and training for veterans treatment courts;
HR 4508, PROSPER Act, Oppose provisions that would roll back consumer protections for student veterans and servicemembers;
HR 5199, The Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act, Oppose diversion of funding from Impact Aid in order to provide a voucher for military families living in selected school districts;
HR 6734, Full Military Honors Act, Provide full military honors to all Medal of Honor recipients and former POWs, regardless of rank - Entire bill;
S 765 , Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act, Prohibits the sale of military-issued Purple Heart medals - Entire Bill;
HR 5747, SOF Tax Cut Act, Extend the Combat Zone Tax Exclusion to servicemembers who are deployed on counter terrorism missions - Entire bill;
HR 6161, To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive fees for Purple Heart recipients serving on active duty for loans guaranteed under the home loan program of Department of Veterans Affairs, Waive VA Home Loan funding fee for active duty Purple Heart recipients-Entire bill;
Letter to Committee Chairmen, , Investigate fraudulent websites posing as military websites;
Letter to Agency Heads, , Fully fund the MISSION Act;
HR 27 , Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act, Retain a copy of all reprimands of VA employees;
S 1550, Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act, Improves VA authority to hire and retain Doctors;
S 339, Military Widow's Tax Elimination Act of 2017, Eliminates the Survivor Benfit Plan/Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset for veterans' widows and survivors - Entire Bill;
S 369, Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act, Gives preference to federal contractors who employ veterans - Entire Bill;
S 422, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017, Extends Agent Orange benefits to Blue Water Navy veterans - Entire Bill;
S 423, CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2017, Allows veterans' children to remain on CHAMPVA until age 26 - Entire Bill;
S 514, No Hero Left Untreated Act, Provide veterans with magnetic EEG therapy - Entire Bill;
S 646, Justice for Servicemembers Act, Eliminates forced arbitration in USERRA claims - Entir Bill;
S 66, Retired Pay Restoration Act, Authorizes concurrent receipt of VA disability benefits and DOD retired pay - Entire Bill;
S 667, Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act, Gives full active duty benefits to Guard and Reserves deployed under 12304a and 12304b orders - Entire Bill;
S 1990, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvemement Act, Improves compensation to veterans survivors-Entire Bill;
S 2117, FAIR Heroes Act, Waive Medicare late enrollment penalties for disabled veterans eligible for TRICARE-Entire Bill;
S 2386, Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Restoration Act, Prevents veterans assigned a fiduciary from being placed on the do not sell list-Entire Bill;
S 2379, Military Spouse Employment Act , Provide child care for working military spouses-Entire Bill;
S 3334, Military Lending Improvement Act, Improves consumer financial protections for servicemembers - Entire bill;
S 3298, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Extension Act, Allow Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to continue collecting donations for an additional four years - Entire bill;
S 1461, The HEARTS Act, Waive Medicare late enrollment penalties for disabled veterans eligible for TRICARE-Entire bill;
S 3620, ChiropracticHealthParityfor Military Beneficiaries Act, Allow TRICARE to cover chiropractic care for military retirees - Entire bill;
Letter to Commissioners, , Purple Heart recipients must remain eligible for burial at Arlington National Cemetery;
VA National eligibility standards for the veterans caregiver program;
Fraudulent websites posing as military websites.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 91, the Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act
H.R. 93
H.R. 95, the Veterans Access to Child Care Act
H.R. 105, the Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017
H.R. 282, the Military Residency Choice Act
H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
H.R. 369
H.R. 457
H.R. 467, the VA Scheduling Accountability Act of 2017
H.R. 501, the VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017
H.R. 611/ S. 152, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act
H.R. 907, the Newborn Improvement Act
H.R. 918, the Veterans Urgent Access to Mental Health Care Act
H.R. 927
H.R. 1005
H.R. 1058, VA Provider Equity Act
H.R. 1063, the Veteran Prescription Continuity Act
H.R. 1066, the VA Management Alignment Act of 2017
H.R. 1133, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017
H.R. 1162, the No Hero Left Untreated Act
H.R. 1206, the Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act
H.R. 1259/ S. 493, the VA Accountability First Act
H.R. 1328, the American Heroes COLA Act of 2017
H.R. 1329
H.R. 1390
H.R. 1472, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 1506, the VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017
H.R. 1545, the VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017
H.R. 1564
H.R. 1662
H.R. 1690, the Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act
H.R. 1712, the Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act
H.R. 1721
H.R. 1725, the Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017
H.R. 1802, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 1848, the Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017
H.R. 1900, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act
H.R. 1943, the Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nations Veterans Act of 2017
H.R. 1972, the VA Billing Accountability Act
H.R. 2123, the Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017
H.R. 2147/ S. 946, the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 2225, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act
H.R. 2322, Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights
H.R. 2327, the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017
H.R. 2409
H.R. 2601, the Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017
H.R. 2631, the Justice for Service Members Act of 2017
H.R. 2683, the Protecting Veterans Credit Act
H.R. 2772, the SEA Act
H.R. 2787, the VET MD Act
H.R. 3023
H.R. 3122, the Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
H.R. 3197, the PUPPERS Act of 2017
H.R. 3642, the Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (SAVE) Act
H.R. 3656
H.R. 3657
H.R. 3696, the Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act
H.R. 3705, the Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017
H.R. 3832, the Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
H.R. 3940, the Veterans Education Disabled Assistance Act
H.R. 4099
H.R. 4242, the VA Care in the Community Act
H.R. 4243
H.R. 4334, the Improving Oversight of Women Veterans' Care Act of 2017
H.R. 4369, the, Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans of America
H.R. 4451, the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2017
H.R. 4635, the Peer-2-Peer Act
H.R. 4830, the SIT-REP Act
H.R. 4835, the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act
H.R. 5044, the Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
H.R. 5177, the Encouraging Veterans Employment Act
H.R. 5413, the Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2018
H.R. 5418, the Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
H.R. 5467, the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018
H.R. 5452, the Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2018
H.R. 5520, the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018
H.R. 5521, the VA Hiring Enhancement Act
H.R. 5538
H.R. 5644, the VET OPP Act
H.R. 5649, the Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018
H.R. 5671/S. 3181, the Burn Pits Accountability Act
H.R. 5674, the VA MISSION Act of 2018
H.R. 5693, the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
H.R. 5864, the VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act
H.R. 5938, the Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018
H.R. 5974, the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act
H.R. 6066
H.R. 6419, the Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2018
H.R. 6734, the Full Military Honors Act of 2018
H.R. 6869, the Violence Against Women Veterans Act
H.R. 6993
H.R. 7138, the Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act
The Veteran Coordinated Access & Rewarding Experiences (CARE) Act
House Draft Bill, the VA Energy Procurement and Environmental Assets
House Draft Bill Regarding State Homes and Other Purposes
House Draft Legislation Regarding the Veterans Crisis Line
House Draft Bill Regarding Caregiver Expansion
House Draft Bill Regarding HUD/VASH eligibility to include veterans with other than honorable discharges.
House Draft Bill Regarding Access to Same Day Mental Health Services
House Draft Bill, the Wounded Warrior Assistance Act
House Draft Bill on improving access to housing adaptations through VA for veterans with ALS.
The Honoring Yesterdays Heroes Act
S. 75 the Arla Harrell Act
S. 86
S. 111, the Filipino Veterans Promise Act
S. 115, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act
S. 116
S. 152
S. 410, the Shawna Hill Post-9/11 Education Transferability Act
S. 426, the Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistance Employment and Education Act of 2017
S. 473
S. 514, the No Hero Left Untreated Act
S. 591, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
S. 681, the Deborah Sampson Act
S. 683, the Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017
S. 712
S. 758, the Janey Ensminger Act of 2017
S. 764, the Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017
S. 784, the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017
S. 798, the Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act
S. 833, the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017
S. 882
S. 899, the Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran Transition Improvement Act
S. 1024, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
S. 1094, the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017
S. 1111, the Violence Against Women Veterans Act
S. 1153, the Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017
S. 1209
S. 1261, the Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017
S. 1266, the Enhancing Veteran Care Act
S. 1279, the Veterans Health Administration Reform Act
S. 1325, the Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017
S. 1550, the Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act of 2017
S. 1596, the BRAVE Act of 2017
S. 1952, the VA Financial Accountability Act of 2017
S. 1990, the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017
S. 2107, the VA Provider Accountability Act
S. 2131, the VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act
S. 2193, the Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017
S. 2210, the Veteran PEER Act
S. 2372, the VA MISSION Act of 2018
S. 2402
S. 2485, the Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2018
S. 2679, the Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2018
S. 2748, the BATTLE for Servicemembers Act
S. 3184
S. 3269, the Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2018
S. 3302, the VA Hiring Enhancement Act
S. 3313, the Veterans Dental Care Eligibility Expansion and Enhancement Act of 2018
S. 3355, the Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2018
S. 3507
S. 3528, the Care for Veterans Act of 2018
S. 3529, the VET PFAS Act
S. 3620, the Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act
S. 3683, the Department of Veterans Affairs Website Accessibility Act of 2018
Senate Draft, to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain training or vocational rehabilitation, and for other purposes.
Senate Draft Bill, the PUPPERS Act of 2017
Senate protection and advocacy system draft legislation
Senate Draft Bill, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to award grants to persons to provide and coordinate the provision of suicide prevention services for veterans transitioning from service in the Armed Forces who are at risk of suicide and for their families, and for other purposes.
Senate Draft Bill, the Modernization of Medical Records Access for Veterans Act
Senate Draft Bill on improving the Transition Assistance Program
The Veterans Choice Act
The Improving Veterans Access to Community Care Act
Implementation of P.L. 113-146, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act
Implementation of P.L. 115-55, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
Implementation of P.L. 115-48, the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017
Client expense: $65,208 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Lobbying to repeal sunset provision of the Choice Act; improve CHOICE Act in H.R. 2998 & S. 1557 & H.R. 2478 as well as assuring the protection of medical care within the VA and improving health care quality as well as waiting lists etc. S.1163; improvement of care by making telemedicine available with licensing against state lines H.R. 2123 & S.1163; in support of "Comprehensive VA Workforce Bill" to improve VA's ability to hire first rate veterans, CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act to create Young Adults to stay on their parent's CHAMPVA insurance; Physician Assistant employment and Education Act of 2017;urging the creation by the VA of an Internship program with private industry H.R. 758; Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act; Educational Development for Troops and Veterans for qualifying for the Post 9/11 GI Bill; working to increase and improve DIC program; work on education improvements in the VA education programs including changing the "Gainful Employment Rule", "the Borrower Defense Rule" and the "Incentive Compensation Rule H.R. 3018 "the Deborah Sampson Act" to improve the treatment of women veterans in the VA; increasing care of newborn from 7 days up to 42 days H.R. 907; supporting H.R. 358 "National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act to support the Military Order of the Purple Heart's museum; supporting S.422 and H.R.299, "Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017" to grant boots on the ground Vietnam status for those who served in the Vietnam War's Blue Water Navy; supporting H.R. 1472 and S. 591 to enlarge the VA's Caregivers program to include caregivers of veterans who were disabled prior to 9/11; lobbying on behalf of HR3370 for further improvements in the Fry Scholarship; lobbying to improve the Post 9/11 GI Bill by allowing it to cover apprenticeship and certificate programs as well as 2 and 4 year college degrees; lobbying in support of S1619 that would extend interest rate protections when in military service to allow it to cover the consolidation and/or refinancing of student loans after military service; lobbying in support of S1635 Keeping Our Commitments to Overseas Veterans Act and on behalf of HR 3642 Military Save Act; lobbying in support of "Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017" S2193; in support of HR4338 "Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act";in support of HR 4323 "Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act"; in support of increasing DIC monthly payments; in support of S2294; in support of assuring that veterans will continue to receive their benefits during a federal government shutdown including S2323 and family benefits including HR 1928; in support of HR 4830 SIT-REP Act,; in support of the protection of veterans from over medication and the opioid epidemic including HR2652 and S992; protecting veterans finances from predatory lending S2304; in support of Burn Pit legislation HR5671; in support of HR5301 to allow surviving spouse to retainVA payment for the month veteran died. Lobbied in support of HR 5895 the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for fy2019. Lobbied in favor of HR 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Improvements in veterans and survivor benefits. H.R. 299, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans, to provide include as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents; H.R. 5413 Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services, permit Members of Congress to use facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purposes of meeting with constituents; H.R. 5418, Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization, to ensure VA employees have relevant medical expertise; H.R.5674 VA MISSION Act, to improve veterans health care; H.R.5895 FY19 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations; H.R.6418 VA Website Accessibility, to improve access to information for veterans with disabilities; S. 2372 VA MISSION Act; S. 3024 FY19 MilCon VA appropriations; S.3184, to modify the requirements for applications for construction of State home facilities to increase the maximum percentage of nonveterans allowed to be treated; S. 1596, to increase burial allowances; S.2881, Mare Island Naval Cemetery; S. 1952, to improve VA financial accountability; S. 1990, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement; S. 2485 Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition; S. 514, No Hero Left Untreated, to improve treatment for PTSD
Client expense: $414,436 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Government Printing Office (GPO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Guard, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Secretary of Defense, President of the U.S., SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
FHA Premiums
HR1321 - To amend the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance to reduce up-front premiums for FHA-insured mortgages if the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund exceeds the statutory limit, and for other purposes.
HR4159 - Making FHA More Affordable Act of 2017
Fair Housing Protections
HR1447 - Fair and Equal Housing Act
S1328 - Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017
HR6220 - Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018
Manufactured Housing
HR1699 - Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017
Rural Housing Programs
HR__ - FY2018 Agriculture Appropriations
HR__ - FY2018 HUD Appropriations
HR1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
HR3267 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
S2976 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
VA Housing
HR299 - Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
HR815 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
HR2777 - Give Veterans Home Loan Choices Act of 2017
HR5693 - Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
HR6737 - Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 2018
S2034 - Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act of 2018
HUD Housing Choice Voucher Mobility
HR5793 - Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018
Affordable Housing
S3231 - Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act of 2018
S3503 - American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization - Housing Provisions
HR6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
Discussions with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding affirmatively furthering fair housing, down payments, FHA condominium rules, and FHA and federally assisted housing.
Discussions with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding the VA home loan guaranty program.
Discussions with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding rural housing loans, loan system upgrades, and technology fees.
Discussions with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) within HUD regarding condominium regulations and fair housing.
Discussions with the Appraisal Subcommittee on rural appraisals.
Discussions with the U.S. Treasury Department regarding multi-family risk-sharing.
Client expense: $26,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Lobbying in support of the FAIR Heroes Act (HR 4571, S 2117) (to improve insurance options for chapter 61 military retirees who qualify for Medicare Part B and TRICARE); the Comprehensive Homes for Heroes Act (HR 252) (to provide assistance to nonprofit organizations to supply housing for veterans); the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018 (HR 299) (to provide medical treatment to veterans exposed to Agent Orange); the BRAVE Act of 2017 (S 1596) (to improve burial and funeral operations); the Veterans Affairs Medical Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act (HR 5418) (to improve purchasing practices); the Mare Island Naval Cemetery Transfer Act (S 2881) (to fund and maintain the Mare Island Cemetery); the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017 (S 1990) (to increase amounts payable by VA for dependence when a veteran is rated totally disabled at the time of death); the No Hero Left Untreated Act (S 2748) (to authorize a pilot for magnetic EEG/EKG guided resonance therapy); the Improving Access to Congressional Services Act of 2018 (HR 5413) (to require VA to allow congressional offices at VA hospitals); the VA Website Accountability Act of 2018 (HR 6418) (to improve accessibility of VA websites); and additional advocacy relating to toxic exposures, medicinal cannabis, and suicide prevention.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Lobbying to repeal sunset provision of the Choice Act; improve CHOICE Act in H.R. 2998 & S. 1557 & H.R. 2478 as well as assuring the protection of medical care within the VA and improving health care quality as well as waiting lists etc. S.1163; improvement of care by making telemedicine available with licensing against state lines H.R. 2123 & S.1163; in support of "Comprehensive VA Workforce Bill" to improve VA's ability to hire first rate veterans, CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act to create Young Adults to stay on their parent's CHAMPVA insurance; Physician Assistant employment and Education Act of 2017;urging the creation by the VA of an Internship program with private industry H.R. 758; Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act; Educational Development for Troops and Veterans for qualifying for the Post 9/11 GI Bill; working to increase and improve DIC program; work on education improvements in the VA education programs including changing the "Gainful Employment Rule", "the Borrower Defense Rule" and the "Incentive Compensation Rule H.R. 3018 "the Deborah Sampson Act" to improve the treatment of women veterans in the VA; increasing care of newborn from 7 days up to 42 days H.R. 907; supporting H.R. 358 "National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act to support the Military Order of the Purple Heart's museum; supporting S.422 and H.R.299, "Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017" to grant boots on the ground Vietnam status for those who served in the Vietnam War's Blue Water Navy; supporting H.R. 1472 and S. 591 to enlarge the VA's Caregivers program to include caregivers of veterans who were disabled prior to 9/11; lobbying on behalf of HR3370 for further improvements in the Fry Scholarship; lobbying to improve the Post 9/11 GI Bill by allowing it to cover apprenticeship and certificate programs as well as 2 and 4 year college degrees; lobbying in support of S1619 that would extend interest rate protections when in military service to allow it to cover the consolidation and/or refinancing of student loans after military service; lobbying in support of S1635 Keeping Our Commitments to Overseas Veterans Act and on behalf of HR 3642 Military Save Act; lobbying in support of "Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017" S2193; in support of HR4338 "Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act";in support of HR 4323 "Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act"; in support of increasing DIC monthly payments; in support of S2294; in support of assuring that veterans will continue to receive their benefits during a federal government shutdown including S2323 and family benefits including HR 1928; in support of HR 4830 SIT-REP Act,; in support of the protection of veterans from over medication and the opioid epidemic including HR2652 and S992; protecting veterans finances from predatory lending S2304; in support of Burn Pit legislation HR5671; in support of HR5301 to allow surviving spouse to retainVA payment for the month veteran died. Lobbied in support of HR 5895 the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for fy2019. Lobbied in favor of HR 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 90, HR 91, HR 92, HR 93, HR 95, HR 101, HR 102, HR 103, HR 299, HR 303, HR 457, HR 476, HR 632, HR 846, HR 907, HR 918, HR 927, HR 936, HR 1005, HR 1058, HR 1063, HR 1100, HR 1153, HR 1279, HR 1329, HR 1359, HR 1367, HR 1371, HR 1472, HR 1618, HR 1802, HR 1943, HR 1972, HR 2123, HR 2147, HR 2288, HR 2452, HR 2652, HR 3158, HR 3368, HR 3558, HR 3605, HR 3705, HR 3819, HR 4016, HR 4099, HR 4146, HR 4334, HR 4345, HR 4369, HR 4451, HR 4556, HR 4635, HR 4843, HR 4898, HR 4958, HR 5044, HR 5452, HR 5467, HR 5520, HR 5553, HR 5671, HR 5693, HR 5920, S 23, S 75, S 112, S 113, S 116, S 120, S 165, S 233, S 283, S 319, S 324, S 339, S 422, S 423, S 591, S 609, S 681, S 683, S 784, S 804, S 833, S 925, S 946, S 970, S 992, S 1024, S 1072, S 1111, S 1153, S 1161, S 1261, S 1325, S 1333, S 1473, S 1735, S 1759, S 1873, S 1972, S 1990, S 2038, S 2105, S 2131, S 2193, S 2239, S 2341, S 2356, S 2402, S 2565, S 2768, S 2796, S 2821, S 2884.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 91, the Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act
H.R. 93
H.R. 95, the Veterans Access to Child Care Act
H.R. 105, the Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017
H.R. 282, the Military Residency Choice Act
H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
H.R. 369
H.R. 457
H.R. 467, the VA Scheduling Accountability Act of 2017
H.R. 501, the VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017
H.R. 611/ S. 152, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act
H.R. 907, the Newborn Improvement Act
H.R. 918, the Veterans Urgent Access to Mental Health Care Act
H.R. 927
H.R. 1005
H.R. 1058, VA Provider Equity Act
H.R. 1063, the Veteran Prescription Continuity Act
H.R. 1066, the VA Management Alignment Act of 2017
H.R. 1133, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017
H.R. 1162, the No Hero Left Untreated Act
H.R. 1206, the Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act
H.R. 1259/ S. 493, the VA Accountability First Act
H.R. 1328, the American Heroes COLA Act of 2017
H.R. 1329
H.R. 1390
H.R. 1472, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 1506, the VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017
H.R. 1545, the VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017
H.R. 1564
H.R. 1662
H.R. 1690, the Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act
H.R. 1712, the Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act
H.R. 1721
H.R. 1725, the Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017
H.R. 1802, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 1848, the Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017
H.R. 1900, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act
H.R. 1943, the Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nations Veterans Act of 2017
H.R. 1972, the VA Billing Accountability Act
H.R. 2123, the Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017
H.R. 2147/ S. 946, the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 2225, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act
H.R. 2322, Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights
H.R. 2327, the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017
H.R. 2409
H.R. 2601, the Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017
H.R. 2631, the Justice for Service Members Act of 2017
H.R. 2683, the Protecting Veterans Credit Act
H.R. 2772, the SEA Act
H.R. 2787, the VET MD Act
H.R. 3023
H.R. 3122, the Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
H.R. 3197, the PUPPERS Act of 2017
H.R. 3642, the Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (SAVE) Act
H.R. 3656
H.R. 3657
H.R. 3696, the Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act
H.R. 3705, the Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017
H.R. 3832, the Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
H.R. 3940, the Veterans Education Disabled Assistance Act
H.R. 4099
H.R. 4242, the VA Care in the Community Act
H.R. 4243
H.R. 4334, the Improving Oversight of Women Veterans' Care Act of 2017
H.R. 4369, the, Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans of America
H.R. 4451, the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2017
H.R. 4635, the Peer-2-Peer Act
H.R. 4830, the SIT-REP Act
H.R. 4835, the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act
H.R. 5044, the Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
H.R. 5177, the Encouraging Veterans Employment Act
H.R. 5413, the Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2018
H.R. 5418, the Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
H.R. 5467, the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018
H.R. 5452, the Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2018
H.R. 5520, the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018
H.R. 5521, the VA Hiring Enhancement Act
H.R. 5538
H.R. 5644, the VET OPP Act
H.R. 5649, the Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018
H.R. 5671/S. 3181, the Burn Pits Accountability Act
H.R. 5674, the VA MISSION Act of 2018
H.R. 5693, the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
H.R. 5864, the VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act
H.R. 5938, the Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018
H.R. 5974, the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act
H.R. 6066
H.R. 6419, the Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2018
H.R. 6764, the Full Military Honors Act of 2018
H.R. 6869, the Violence Against Women Veterans Act
H.R. 6993
The Veteran Coordinated Access & Rewarding Experiences (CARE) Act
House Draft Bill, the VA Energy Procurement and Environmental Assets
House Draft Bill Regarding State Homes and Other Purposes
House Draft Legislation Regarding the Veterans Crisis Line
House Draft Bill Regarding Caregiver Expansion
House Draft Bill Regarding HUD/VASH eligibility to include veterans with other than honorable discharges.
House Draft Bill Regarding Access to Same Day Mental Health Services
House Draft Bill, the Wounded Warrior Assistance Act
House Draft Bill on improving access to housing adaptations through VA for veterans with ALS.
The Honoring Yesterdays Heroes Act
S. 75 the Arla Harrell Act
S. 86
S. 111, the Filipino Veterans Promise Act
S. 115, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act
S. 116
S. 152
S. 410, the Shawna Hill Post-9/11 Education Transferability Act
S. 426, the Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistance Employment and Education Act of 2017
S. 473
S. 514, the No Hero Left Untreated Act
S. 591, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
S. 681, the Deborah Sampson Act
S. 683, the Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017
S. 712
S. 758, the Janey Ensminger Act of 2017
S. 764, the Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017
S. 784, the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017
S. 798, the Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act
S. 833, the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017
S. 882
S. 899, the Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran Transition Improvement Act
S. 1024, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
S. 1094, the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017
S. 1111, the Violence Against Women Veterans Act
S. 1153, the Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017
S. 1209
S. 1261, the Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017
S. 1266, the Enhancing Veteran Care Act
S. 1279, the Veterans Health Administration Reform Act
S. 1325, the Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017
S. 1550, the Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act of 2017
S. 1596, the BRAVE Act of 2017
S. 1952, the VA Financial Accountability Act of 2017
S. 1990, the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017
S. 2107, the VA Provider Accountability Act
S. 2131, the VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act
S. 2193, the Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017
S. 2210, the Veteran PEER Act
S. 2372, the VA MISSION Act of 2018
S. 2402
S. 2485, the Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2018
S. 2679, the Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2018
S. 2748, the BATTLE for Servicemembers Act
S. 3184
S. 3302, the VA Hiring Enhancement Act
S. 3313, the Veterans Dental Care Eligibility Expansion and Enhancement Act of 2018
S. 3507
S. 3528, the Care for Veterans Act of 2018
S. 3529, the VET PFAS Act
Senate Draft, to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain training or vocational rehabilitation, and for other purposes.
Senate Draft Bill, the PUPPERS Act of 2017
Senate protection and advocacy system draft legislation
Senate Draft Bill, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to award grants to persons to provide and coordinate the provision of suicide prevention services for veterans transitioning from service in the Armed Forces who are at risk of suicide and for their families, and for other purposes.
Senate Draft Bill, the Modernization of Medical Records Access for Veterans Act
Senate Draft Bill on improving the Transition Assistance Program
The Veterans Choice Act
The Improving Veterans Access to Community Care Act
Implementation of P.L. 113-146, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act
Implementation of P.L. 115-55, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
Implementation of P.L. 115-48, the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017
Client expense: $46,327 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 91 -- Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
HR 93 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
HR 95 -- Veterans Access to Child Care Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 105 -- Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 299 -- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 467 -- VA Scheduling Accountability Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 501 -- VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 -- To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
HR 906 -- Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act -- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 907 -- Newborn Care Improvement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
HR 918 -- Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
HR 1005 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
HR 1063 -- Veteran Prescription Continuity Act -- To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
HR 1066 -- VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1162 -- No Hero Left Untreated Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
HR 1181 -- Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1259 -- VA Accountability First Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1328 -- American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 1390 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
HR 1506 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017 -- To amend Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1564 -- VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 -- To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1848 -- Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
HR 1900 -- National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act -- To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1942 -- To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1972 -- VA Billing Accountability Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2006 -- VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2020 -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
HR 2147 -- Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2225 -- Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
HR 2322 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 2327 -- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2409 -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed - SUPPORT
HR 2506 -- Veterans Wellness Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
HR 2601 -- Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 -- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2773 -- To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
HR 2787 -- Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Medical Doctors Act -- To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school - SUPPORT
HR 3557 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
HR 3605 -- Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
HR 3642 -- Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
HR 3657 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
HR 3696 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, masters degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3705 -- Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
HR 3832 -- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3866 -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan - SUPPORT
HR 4242 -- VA Care in the Community Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4243 -- Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 -- To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR 4245 -- Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 -- To direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4334 -- Improving Oversight of Women Veterans Care Act of 2017 -- To provide for certain reporting requirements relating to medical care for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and through contracts entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with non-Department medical providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4335 -- Servicemember Family Burial Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4635 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes -- To direct the VA Secretary to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 -- Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 -- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5467 -- Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2008 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5521 -- VA Hiring Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain Veterans Health Administration personnel, to permit the Veterans Health Administration to make contingent appointments, and to require certain Veterans Health Administration physicians to complete residency training - SUPPORT
HR 5649 -- Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Public Law 115-182
[HR 5674; S 2372] -- VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or (VA MISSION Act of 2018). -- To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5693 -- Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently SUPPORT
HR 5786 -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5938 -- Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 -- To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the VA Secretary to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the VA, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 90; S 233 -- Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 1133; S 115 -- Veterans Transplant Coverage Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2123; S 925 -- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3262; S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 -- Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S Res 112 -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day. -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day - SUPPORT
S 75 -- Arla Harrell Act -- To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 -- Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S 283 -- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 423 -- CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 591 -- Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 -- To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 609 -- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 681 -- Deborah Sampson Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S 683 -- Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S 706 -- Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 744 -- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 -- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S 758 -- Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 -- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 798 -- Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 804 -- Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act -- To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 833 -- Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 899 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 946 -- Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 1153 -- Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) -- To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
S.422/H.R.299 - Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, H.R.632/S.283 - Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act, S.3313 - Veterans Dental Care Eligibility Expansion and Enhancement Act, H.R.6637 - Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act, S.681 - Deborah Sampson Act, S.2881 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R.5674 - VA MISSION Act of 2018
H.R.299 - Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
H.R.809 - Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 90, HR 91, HR 92, HR 93, HR 95, HR 101, HR 102, HR 103, HR 299, HR 303, HR 457, HR 476, HR 632, HR 846, HR 907, HR 918, HR 927, HR 936, HR 1005, HR 1058, HR 1063, HR 1100, HR 1153, HR 1279, HR 1329, HR 1359, HR 1367, HR 1371, HR 1472, HR 1618, HR 1802, HR 1943, HR 1972, HR 2123, HR 2147, HR 2288, HR 2452, HR 2652, HR 3158, HR 3368, HR 3558, HR 3605, HR 3705, HR 3819, HR 4016, HR 4099, HR 4146, HR 4334, HR 4345, HR 4369, HR 4451, HR 4556, HR 4635, HR 4843, HR 4898, HR 4958, HR 5044, HR 5452, HR 5467, HR 5553, HR 5671, HR 5920, S 23, S 75, S 112, S 113, S 116, S 120, S 165, S 233, S 283, S 319, S 324, S 339, S 422, S 423, S 591, S 609, S 681, S 683, S 784, S 804, S 833, S 925, S 946, S 970, S 992, S 1024, S 1072, S 1111, S 1153, S 1161, S 1261, S 1325, S 1333, S 1473, S 1735, S 1759, S 1873, S 1990, S 2038, S 2105, S 2131, S 2193, S 2239, S 2341, S 2356, S 2402, S 2565, S 2821, S 2884.
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 91 -- Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
HR 93 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
HR 95 -- Veterans Access to Child Care Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 105 -- Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 299 -- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 467 -- VA Scheduling Accountability Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 501 -- VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 -- To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
HR 906 -- Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act -- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 907 -- Newborn Care Improvement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
HR 918 -- Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
HR 1005 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
HR 1063 -- Veteran Prescription Continuity Act -- To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
HR 1066 -- VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1162 -- No Hero Left Untreated Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
HR 1181 -- Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1259 -- VA Accountability First Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1328 -- American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 1390 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
HR 1506 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017 -- To amend Title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of education debt reduction available for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1564 -- VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 -- To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1848 -- Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
HR 1900 -- National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act -- To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1942 -- To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 1972 -- VA Billing Accountability Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2006 -- VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2020 -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. -- To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
HR 2147 -- Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2225 -- Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
HR 2322 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
HR 2327 -- Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2409 -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed -- To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed - SUPPORT
HR 2506 -- Veterans Wellness Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
HR 2601 -- Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 -- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2773 -- To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
HR 2787 -- Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrows Medical Doctors Act -- To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a pilot program instituting a clinical observation program for pre-med students preparing to attend medical school - SUPPORT
HR 3557 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
HR 3605 -- Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
HR 3642 -- Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
HR 3657 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
HR 3696 -- Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights -- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, masters degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3705 -- Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
HR 3832 -- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3866 -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. -- To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan - SUPPORT
HR 4242 -- VA Care in the Community Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4243 -- Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 -- To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR 4245 -- Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 -- To direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4334 -- Improving Oversight of Women Veterans Care Act of 2017 -- To provide for certain reporting requirements relating to medical care for women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and through contracts entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with non-Department medical providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4335 -- Servicemember Family Burial Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4635 -- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes -- To direct the VA Secretary to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 -- Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 -- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5467 -- Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2008 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5521 -- VA Hiring Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of certain Veterans Health Administration personnel, to permit the Veterans Health Administration to make contingent appointments, and to require certain Veterans Health Administration physicians to complete residency training - SUPPORT
HR 5649 -- Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Public Law 115-182
[HR 5674; S 2372] -- VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 or (VA MISSION Act of 2018). -- To establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5693 -- Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently SUPPORT
HR 5786 -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. -- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 5938 -- Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018 -- To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the VA Secretary to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the VA, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 90; S 233 -- Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 -- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 1133; S 115 -- Veterans Transplant Coverage Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 2123; S 925 -- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 3262; S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 -- Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S Res 112 -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day. -- Designating April 5, 2017, as Gold Star Wives Day - SUPPORT
S 75 -- Arla Harrell Act -- To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 -- Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S 283 -- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 423 -- CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 426 -- Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 -- To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 591 -- Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 -- To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 609 -- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 681 -- Deborah Sampson Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S 683 -- Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S 706 -- Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 744 -- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 -- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S 758 -- Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 -- To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 798 -- Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 804 -- Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act -- To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 833 -- Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 899 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 946 -- Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 -- To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 1153 -- Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) -- To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
FHA Premiums
HR1321 - To amend the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance to reduce up-front premiums for FHA-insured mortgages if the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund exceeds the statutory limit, and for other purposes.
HR4159 - Making FHA More Affordable Act of 2017
Fair Housing Protections
HR1447 - Fair and Equal Housing Act
S1328 - Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017
HR6220 - Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018
Manufactured Housing
HR1699 - Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017
Rural Housing Programs
HR__ - FY2018 Agriculture Appropriations
HR__ - FY2018 HUD Appropriations
HR1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
HR3267 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
S2976 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
VA Housing
HR299 - Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
HR815 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
HR2777 - Give Veterans Home Loan Choices Act of 2017
S2034 - Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act of 2018
HUD Housing Choice Voucher Mobility
HR5793 - Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018
Discussions with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding FHA loans, FHA programs, nominations, HUD rules for comfort animals, affirmatively furthering fair housing, FHA and federally assisted housing, HUD's mission statement, and HUD disaster recovery programs.
Discussions with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding loan churning and the VA home loan guaranty.
Discussions with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding rural housing loans and "rural area" definition.
Discussions with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) within HUD regarding FHA loan premiums, comfort animal rules, and the HUD mission statement.
Discussions with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) regarding economic development and housing.
Discussions with the Appraisal Subcommittee on appraisal waivers.
Client expense: $14,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Lobbying to repeal sunset provision of the Choice Act; improve CHOICE Act in H.R. 2998 & S. 1557 & H.R. 2478 as well as assuring the protection of medical care within the VA and improving health care quality as well as waiting lists etc. S.1163; improvement of care by making telemedicine available with licensing against state lines H.R. 2123 & S.1163; in support of "Comprehensive VA Workforce Bill" to improve VA's ability to hire first rate veterans, CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act to create Young Adults to stay on their parent's CHAMPVA insurance; Physician Assistant employment and Education Act of 2017;urging the creation by the VA of an Internship program with private industry H.R. 758; Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act; Educational Development for Troops and Veterans for qualifying for the Post 9/11 GI Bill; working to increase and improve DIC program; work on education improvements in the VA education programs including changing the "Gainful Employment Rule", "the Borrower Defense Rule" and the "Incentive Compensation Rule H.R. 3018 "the Deborah Sampson Act" to improve the treatment of women veterans in the VA; increasing care of newborn from 7 days up to 42 days H.R. 907; supporting H.R. 358 "National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act to support the Military Order of the Purple Heart's museum; supporting S.422 and H.R.299, "Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017" to grant boots on the ground Vietnam status for those who served in the Vietnam War's Blue Water Navy; supporting H.R. 1472 and S. 591 to enlarge the VA's Caregivers program to include caregivers of veterans who were disabled prior to 9/11; lobbying on behalf of HR3370 for further improvements in the Fry Scholarship; lobbying to improve the Post 9/11 GI Bill by allowing it to cover apprenticeship and certificate programs as well as 2 and 4 year college degrees; lobbying in support of S1619 that would extend interest rate protections when in military service to allow it to cover the consolidation and/or refinancing of student loans after military service; lobbying in support of S1635 Keeping Our Commitments to Overseas Veterans Act and on behalf of HR 3642 Military Save Act; lobbying in support of "Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017" S2193; in support of HR4338 "Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act";in support of HR 4323 "Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act"; in support of increasing DIC monthly payments; in support of S2294; in support of assuring that veterans will continue to receive their benefits during a federal government shutdown including S2323 and family benefits including HR 1928; in support of HR 4830 SIT-REP Act,; in support of the protection of veterans from over medication and the opioid epidemic including HR2652 and S992; protecting veterans finances from predatory lending S2304; in support of Burn Pit legislation HR5671; in support of HR5301 to allow surviving spouse to retainVA payment for the month veteran died
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 4571, FAIR Heroes Act: Waive Medicare late enrollment penalties for disabled veterans eligible for TRICARE-Entire Bill
HR 1472, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act: Expand veterans and military caregiver benefits - Entire Bill
HR 1683, National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act: Authorizes the minting of a commemorative coin for the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor - Entire Bill
HR 2198, Veterans Crisis Line Improvemement Act: Directs the Secretary to ensure all calls are answered timely - Entire Bill
HR 2222, HOMES Act: Incentivize grantees for to rehouse homeless veterans - Entire Bill
HR 2225, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act: Teach veterans to train service dogs - Entire Bill
HR 2631, Justice for Servicemembers Act: Eliminates forced arbitration in USERRA claims - Entire Bill
HR 27 , Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act: Retain a copy of all reprimands of VA employees
HR 5467, Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act: Gives commissary privleges to all disabled veterans - Entire Bill
HR 2850, Military Patron Protection Act: Include stakeholder engagement in military commissary reform - Entire Bill
HR 299, To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.: Extends Agent Orange benefits to Blue Water Navy veterans - Entire Bill
HR 303, To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or combat-related special compensation.: Authorizes concurrent receipt of VA disability benefits and DOD retired pay - Entire Bill
HR 333, Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act: Authorizes concurrent receipt of VA disability benefits and DOD retired pay - Entire Bill
HR 506, Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act: Increases penalty for those who engage in schemes to defraud veterans of federal benefits
HR 544, Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act: Prohibits the sale of military-issued Purple Heart medals - Entire Bill
HR 846, To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.: Eliminates the Survivor Benfit Plan/Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset for veterans' widows and survivors - Entire Bill
HR 907, Newborn Care Improvement Act: Increases the amount of time VA may provide maternity care to women veterans - Entire Bill
HR 92, CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2017: Allows veterans' children to remain on CHAMPVA until age 26 - Entire Bill
Presidential Proclamation, : Recognition of August 7, 2018 as National Purple Heart Day
S 1550, Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act: Improves VA authority to hire and retain Doctors
S 339, Military Widow's Tax Elimination Act of 2017: Eliminates the Survivor Benfit Plan/Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset for veterans' widows and survivors - Entire Bill
S 369, Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act: Gives preference to federal contractors who employ veterans - Entire Bill
S 422, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017: Extends Agent Orange benefits to Blue Water Navy veterans - Entire Bill
S 423, CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2017: Allows veterans' children to remain on CHAMPVA until age 26 - Entire Bill
S 514, No Hero Left Untreated Act: Provide veterans with magnetic EEG therapy - Entire Bill
S 591, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act: Expand veterans and military caregiver benefits - Entire Bill
S 646, Justice for Servicemembers Act: Eliminates forced arbitration in USERRA claims - Entir Bill
S 66, Retired Pay Restoration Act: Authorizes concurrent receipt of VA disability benefits and DOD retired pay - Entire Bill
S 667, Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act: Gives full active duty benefits to Guard and Reserves deployed under 12304a and 12304b orders - Entire Bill
S 765 , Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act: Prohibits the sale of military-issued Purple Heart medals - Entire Bill
S 946, Veterans Court Improvement Act of 2017: Increase VA funding for Veterans Justice Outreach specialists - Entire Bill
S 2193, Caring for Our Veterans Act: Makes improvements the the Veterans Choice Program - Entire Bill
HR 4345, Veterans Treatment Court Coordination Act: Gives grants to states with veterans treatment courts - Entire Bill
HR 1384, Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act: Gives full active duty benefits to Guard and Reserves deployed under 12304a and 12304b orders - Entire Bill
HR 2683, Protecting Veterans Credit Act: Require credit rating agencies to strike debts from veterans credit reports if they were incurred from care authorized by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Entire Bill
HR 3642, Military SAVE Act: Pilot program to allow victims of military sexual trauma to elect to receive private health care - Entire Bill
HR 4016, Restore Veterans Compensation Act: Eliminate the recoupment of separation pay from veterans who are subsequently awarded disability compensation - Entire Bill
HR 4099, To amend title 38, USC, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants: Ensure children of homeless veterans are included when calculating per diem grants - Entire Bill
HR 4328, Honoring World War I Memorials Act: Gives grants to repair World War I Memorials - Entire Bill
HR 4369, Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans Act: Codifies the veterans individual unemployability benefit - Entire Bill
S 1990, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvemement Act: Improves compensation to veterans survivors-Entire Bill
S 2117, FAIR Heroes Act: Waive Medicare late enrollment penalties for disabled veterans eligible for TRICARE-Entire Bill
HR 4345, Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act: Establish grants and training for veterans treatment courts
HR 1928, Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act: Pay timely death gratuity in the case of a government shutdown-Entire Bill
S 2386, Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Restoration Act: Prevents veterans assigned a fiduciary from being placed on the do not sell list-Entire Bill
HR 695, Department ofDefenseAppropriationsAct, 2018: Pass the bill, not a continuing resolution
S 2184, Veterans Community Care and Access Act : Title 1 only - creates access standards for veterans community care
S 2379, Military Spouse Employment Act : Provide child care for working military spouses-Entire Bill
HR 4508, PROSPER Act: Oppose provisions that would roll back consumer protections for student veterans and servicemembers
S 2372, VA MISSION Act: Makes improvements the the Veterans Choice Program - Entire Bill
HR 5199, The Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act: Oppose diversion of funding from Impact Aid in order to provide a voucher for military families living in selected school districts
HR 5747, SOF Tax Cut Act: Extend the Combat Zone Tax Exclusion to servicemembers who are deployed on counter terrorism missions - Entire bill
HR 6161, To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive fees for Purple Heart recipients serving on active duty for loans guaranteed under the home loan program of Department of Veterans Affairs: Waive VA Home Loan funding fee for active duty Purple Heart recipients-Entire bill
HR 5515, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019: Various provisions related to military pay, health care, and personnel issues
S Amdt 2411, : Repeal the law requiring a dollar-for-dollar deduction of VA benefits for service-connected deaths from the Department of Defense Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities
S Amdt 2622, : Gives commissary privleges to all disabled veterans
S Amdt 2910, Complete the MISSION Amdt: Provide sufficient new resources required to implement the provisions of the VA MISSION Act, without triggering sequestration or requiring cuts to other VA programs
Letter to Agency Ethics Official, : Do not eliminate regulations prohibiting VA employees from accepting gifts or compensation from for-profit schools
Letter to Committee Chairmen, : Eliminate discrepanciesbetween the active duty and reserve components regarding the Joint Travel Regulations and their implementation
CFP: Do not curtail access to information regarding public reporting and database of consumer complaints received by the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 91, the Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act
H.R. 93
H.R. 95, the Veterans Access to Child Care Act
H.R. 105, the Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017
H.R. 282, the Military Residency Choice Act
H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
H.R. 369
H.R. 457
H.R. 467, the VA Scheduling Accountability Act of 2017
H.R. 501, the VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017
H.R. 611/ S. 152, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act
H.R. 907, the Newborn Improvement Act
H.R. 918, the Veterans Urgent Access to Mental Health Care Act
H.R. 927
H.R. 1005
H.R. 1058, VA Provider Equity Act
H.R. 1063, the Veteran Prescription Continuity Act
H.R. 1066, the VA Management Alignment Act of 2017
H.R. 1133, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017
H.R. 1162, the No Hero Left Untreated Act
H.R. 1206, the Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act
H.R. 1259/ S. 493, the VA Accountability First Act
H.R. 1328, the American Heroes COLA Act of 2017
H.R. 1329
H.R. 1390
H.R. 1472, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 1506, the VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017
H.R. 1545, the VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017
H.R. 1564
H.R. 1662
H.R. 1690, the Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act
H.R. 1712, the Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act
H.R. 1721
H.R. 1725, the Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017
H.R. 1802, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 1848, the Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017
H.R. 1900, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act
H.R. 1943, the Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nations Veterans Act of 2017
H.R. 1972, the VA Billing Accountability Act
H.R. 2123, the Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017
H.R. 2147/ S. 946, the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 2225, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act
H.R. 2322, Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights
H.R. 2327, the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017
H.R. 2409
H.R. 2601, the Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017
H.R. 2631, the Justice for Service Members Act of 2017
H.R. 2683, the Protecting Veterans Credit Act
H.R. 2772, the SEA Act
H.R. 2787, the VET MD Act
H.R. 3023
H.R. 3122, the Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
H.R. 3197, the PUPPERS Act of 2017
H.R. 3642, the Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (SAVE) Act
H.R. 3656
H.R. 3657
H.R. 3696, the Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act
H.R. 3705, the Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017
H.R. 3832, the Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
H.R. 3940, the Veterans Education Disabled Assistance Act
H.R. 4099
H.R. 4242, the VA Care in the Community Act
H.R. 4243
H.R. 4334, the Improving Oversight of Women Veterans' Care Act of 2017
H.R. 4369, the, Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans of America
H.R. 4451, the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2017
H.R. 4635, the Peer-2-Peer Act
H.R. 4830, the SIT-REP Act
H.R. 4835, the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act
H.R. 5044, the Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
H.R. 5177, the Encouraging Veterans Employment Act
H.R. 5413, the Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2018
H.R. 5467, the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018
H.R. 5452, the Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2018
H.R. 5520, the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018
H.R. 5521, the VA Hiring Enhancement Act
H.R. 5538
H.R. 5644, the VET OPP Act
H.R. 5649, the Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William Bill Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018
H.R. 5671/S. 3181, the Burn Pits Accountability Act
H.R. 5674, the VA MISSION Act of 2018
H.R. 5693, the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
H.R. 5864, the VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act
H.R. 5938, the Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018
H.R. 5974, the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act
H.R. 6066
The Veteran Coordinated Access & Rewarding Experiences (CARE) Act
House Draft Bill Regarding State Homes and Other Purposes
House Draft Legislation Regarding the Veterans Crisis Line
House Draft Bill Regarding Caregiver Expansion
Discussion of hospital care and medical services for veterans and dependents stationed at military installations who were exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
House Draft Bill Regarding Access to Same Day Mental Health Services
House Draft Bill Regarding the Provision of a Supplemental Benefit to Widows of Veterans Who Die Due to ALS
House Draft Bill, the Wounded Warrior Assistance Act
House Draft Bill, the Violence Against Women Veterans Act
The Honoring Yesterdays Heroes Act
S. 75 the Arla Harrell Act
S. 86
S. 111, the Filipino Veterans Promise Act
S. 115, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act
S. 116
S. 152
S. 410, the Shawna Hill Post-9/11 Education Transferability Act
S. 426, the Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistance Employment and Education Act of 2017
S. 473
S. 591, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
S. 681, the Deborah Sampson Act
S. 683, the Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017
S. 712
S. 758, the Janey Ensminger Act of 2017
S. 764, the Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017
S. 784, the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017
S. 798, the Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act
S. 833, the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017
S. 882
S. 899, the Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran Transition Improvement Act
S. 1024, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
S. 1094, the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017
S. 1111, the Violence Against Women Veterans Act
S. 1153, the Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017
S. 1209
S. 1261, the Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017
S. 1266, the Enhancing Veteran Care Act
S. 1279, the Veterans Health Administration Reform Act
S. 1325, the Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017
S. 1519, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
S. 1550, the Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act of 2017
S. 2107, the VA Provider Accountability Act
S. 2131, the VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act
S. 2193, the Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017
S. 2210, the Veteran PEER Act
S. 2372, the VA MISSION Act of 2018
S. 2402
S. 2679, the Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2018
Senate Draft, to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain training or vocational rehabilitation, and for other purposes.
Senate Draft Bill, the PUPPERS Act of 2017
Senate protection and advocacy system draft legislation
The Veterans Choice Act
The Improving Veterans Access to Community Care Act
Implementation of P.L. 113-146, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act
Implementation of P.L. 115-55, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
Client expense: $53,114 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
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PL 115-65 [H.R. 2519, S. 1182]: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act / require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion - SUPPORT
PL 115-75 [H.R. 1329; S. 784]: Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017 / effective December 1, 2017 increase the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, to amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, to improve the processing of claims by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
PL 115-86 [H.R. 1545]: VA Prescription Data Accountability Act / amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain patient information to State controlled substance monitoring programs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
PL 115-95 [S. 1266] : Enhancing Veteran Care Act / authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
PL 115-95; [S 1266]Enhancing Veteran Care Act: authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations to investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
PL 115-130; [HR 1725] - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary.: direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary - SUPPORT
PL 115-131; [HR 3122] - Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017: protect individuals who are eligible for increased pension under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the basis of need of regular aid and attendance from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
PL 115-136; [HR 3656] - To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable: amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable - SUPPORT
PL 115-159; [S 324] - State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017: amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
H.R. 91: Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces - SUPPORT
H.R. 93: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans / To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans - SUPPORT
H.R. 95: Veterans Access to Child Care Act / amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
H.R. 105: Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries, to establish an appeals process for determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of veterans mental capacity, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 299: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 467: VA Scheduling Accountability Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments, to improve the uniform application of directives of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 501: VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017 / To require increased reporting regarding certain surgeries scheduled at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 888 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans: amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans - SUPPORT
H.R. 906: Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act / To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 907: Newborn Care Improvement Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children - SUPPORT
H.R. 918: Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
H.R. 1005: To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans - SUPPORT
H.R. 1063: Veteran Prescription Continuity Act / To ensure that an individual who is transitioning from receiving medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to medical treatment furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives the pharmaceutical agents required for such transition - SUPPORT
H.R. 1066: VA Management Alignment Act of 2017 / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1162: No Hero Left Untreated Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans - OPPOSE
H.R. 1181: Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1259: VA Accountability First Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1328: American Heroes COLA Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
H.R. 1390: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization. / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to veterans cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization - SUPPORT
H.R. 1564: VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017 / To amend section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, U.S.C., to codify section 504 of the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1848: Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017 / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the use of medical scribes in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers - SUPPORT
H.R. 1900: National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act / To designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1942: To amend title 28, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes. / To amend title 28, U.S.C., to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to periodically conduct an audit of the Veterans Health Administration budget, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 1972: VA Billing Accountability Act / To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2006: VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2020: To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. / To provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act - SUPPORT
H.R. 2147: Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017 / To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2225: Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy - SUPPORT
H.R. 2327: Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017 / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2506: Veterans Wellness Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations - SUPPORT
H.R. 2601: Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017 / To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ transplants, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2773: To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall / To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall - OPPOSE
H.R. 3557: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the number of health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program - SUPPORT
H.R. 3605: Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea. - SUPPORT
H.R. 3642: Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (Military SAVE) Act / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the access to private health care for veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma -SUPPORT
H.R. 3657: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries - SUPPORT
H.R. 3705: Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 / To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the use of certified mail and plain language in certain debt collection activities - SUPPORT
H.R. 4242: VA Care in the Community Act / To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a permanent VA Care in the Community Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 4243: Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act of 2017 / To establish a commission for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, to improve construction and management leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend and appropriate funds for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (with modifications)
HR4245 - Veterans Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017: direct the VA Secretary to submit to Congress certain documents relating to the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
HR 4335 - Servicemember Family Burial Act: amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4958 - Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018: increase, effective as of December 1, 2018, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 90; S. 233: Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 / To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs - SUPPORT
H.R. 1133; S. 115: Veterans Transplant Coverage Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the VA Secretary to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 2123, S. 925: Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 (VETS Act) / To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
H.R. 3262, S. 426: Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 / To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
HR 4910; S 2372 - Veteran Cemetery Benefit Correction Act: amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 75: Arla Harrell Act / To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 242 - Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act: amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes - OPPOSE
S. 283: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act / To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 423: CHAMPVA Childrens Care Protection Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 426: Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 / To increase educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 591: Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 / To expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 609: Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, U.S.C., to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 681: Deborah Sampson Act / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT (w/modifications)
S. 683: Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities - SUPPORT
S. 706: Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 744: Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 / To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. - SUPPORT
S. 758: Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 / To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registrys review and publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 798: Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education pursued on half-time basis or less, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 804: Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act / To improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 833: Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to expand health care and benefits from the VA for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 899: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 946: Veterans Treatment Courts Improvement Act of 2017 / To require the VA Secretary to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1153: Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017 (Veterans ACCESS Act) / To prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing non-VA health care services to veterans, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1209: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes. / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1261: Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to require the VA Secretary to pay the reasonable costs of urgent care provided to certain veterans, to establish cost-sharing amounts for veterans receiving care at an emergency room of the VA, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1279: Veterans Health Administration Reform Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to furnish health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs through the use of non-Department health care providers, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1318: Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2017 / To protect the rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1325: Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017 / To amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the authorities of the VA Secretary to hire, recruit, and train employees of the VA, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1467: Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act / To require the VA Secretary to award grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S. 1550: Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act of 2017 / To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 2038 - Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2016: amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for a presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korean, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 2097 - State Veterans Home Program Improvement Act of 2017: amend title 38, U.S.C., to improve the administration of State homes furnishing care to veterans under the laws administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 2105 - o modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.: modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
S 2107 - Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act: amend title 38, U.S.C., to require the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practit
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Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
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H.R.5674 - VA MISSION Act of 2018
H.R.299 - Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
H.R.809 - Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act
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Lobbying to repeal sunset provision of the Choice Act; improve CHOICE Act in H.R. 2998 & S. 1557 & H.R. 2478 as well as assuring the protection of medical care within the VA and improving health care quality as well as waiting lists etc. S.1163; improvement of care by making telemedicine available with licensing against state lines H.R. 2123 & S.1163; in support of "Comprehensive VA Workforce Bill" to improve VA's ability to hire first rate veterans, CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act to create Young Adults to stay on their parent's CHAMPVA insurance; Physician Assistant employment and Education Act of 2017;urging the creation by the VA of an Internship program with private industry H.R. 758; Honoring Service Through National Park Access Act; Educational Development for Troops and Veterans for qualifying for the Post 9/11 GI Bill; working to increase and improve DIC program; work on education improvements in the VA education programs including changing the "Gainful Employment Rule", "the Borrower Defense Rule" and the "Incentive Compensation Rule H.R. 3018 "the Deborah Sampson Act" to improve the treatment of women veterans in the VA; increasing care of newborn from 7 days up to 42 days H.R. 907; supporting H.R. 358 "National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act to support the Military Order of the Purple Heart's museum; supporting S.422 and H.R.299, "Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017" to grant boots on the ground Vietnam status for those who served in the Vietnam War's Blue Water Navy; supporting H.R. 1472 and S. 591 to enlarge the VA's Caregivers program to include caregivers of veterans who were disabled prior to 9/11; lobbying on behalf of HR3370 for further improvements in the Fry Scholarship; lobbying to improve the Post 9/11 GI Bill by allowing it to cover apprenticeship and certificate programs as well as 2 and 4 year college degrees; lobbying in support of S1619 that would extend interest rate protections when in military service to allow it to cover the consolidation and/or refinancing of student loans after military service; lobbying in support of S1635 Keeping Our Commitments to Overseas Veterans Act and on behalf of HR 3642 Military Save Act; lobbying in support of "Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017" S2193; in support of HR4338 "Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act";in support of HR 4323 "Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act"; in support of increasing DIC monthly payments; in support of S2294; in support of assuring that veterans will continue to receive their benefits during a federal government shutdown including S2323 and family benefits including HR 1928; in support of HR 4830 SIT-REP Act,; in support of the protection of veterans from over medication and the opiod epidemic including HR2652 and S992; protecting veterans finances from predatory lending S2304
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HR 4571, FAIR Heroes Act - Waive Medicare late enrollment penalties for disabled veterans eligible for TRICARE-Entire Bill
HR 1472, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act - Expand veterans and military caregiver benefits - Entire Bill
HR 1683, National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act - Authorizes the minting of a commemorative coin for the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor - Entire Bill
HR 2198, Veterans Crisis Line Improvemement Act - Directs the Secretary to ensure all calls are answered timely - Entire Bill
HR 2222, HOMES Act - Incentivize grantees for to rehouse homeless veterans - Entire Bill
HR 2225, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act - Teach veterans to train service dogs - Entire Bill
HR 2631, Justice for Servicemembers Act - Eliminates forced arbitration in USERRA claims - Entire Bill
HR 27 , Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act - Retain a copy of all reprimands of VA employees
HR 5467, Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act - Gives commissary privleges to all disabled veterans - Entire Bill
HR 2850, Military Patron Protection Act - Include stakeholder engagement in military commissary reform - Entire Bill
HR 299, To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes. - Extends Agent Orange benefits to Blue Water Navy veterans - Entire Bill
HR 303, To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or combat-related special compensation. - Authorizes concurrent receipt of VA disability benefits and DOD retired pay - Entire Bill
HR 333, Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Authorizes concurrent receipt of VA disability benefits and DOD retired pay - Entire Bill
HR 506, Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act - Increases penalty for those who engage in schemes to defraud veterans of federal benefits
HR 544, Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act - Prohibits the sale of military-issued Purple Heart medals - Entire Bill
HR 846, To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. - Eliminates the Survivor Benfit Plan/Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset for veterans' widows and survivors - Entire Bill
HR 907, Newborn Care Improvement Act - Increases the amount of time VA may provide maternity care to women veterans - Entire Bill
HR 92, CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2017 - Allows veterans' children to remain on CHAMPVA until age 26 - Entire Bill
Presidential Proclamation, - Recognition of August 7, 2018 as National Purple Heart Day
S 1550, Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act - Improves VA authority to hire and retain Doctors
S 339, Military Widow's Tax Elimination Act of 2017 - Eliminates the Survivor Benfit Plan/Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset for veterans' widows and survivors - Entire Bill
S 369, Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act - Gives preference to federal contractors who employ veterans - Entire Bill
S 422, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 - Extends Agent Orange benefits to Blue Water Navy veterans - Entire Bill
S 423, CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2017 - Allows veterans' children to remain on CHAMPVA until age 26 - Entire Bill
S 514, No Hero Left Untreated Act - Provide veterans with magnetic EEG therapy - Entire Bill
S 591, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act - Expand veterans and military caregiver benefits - Entire Bill
S 646, Justice for Servicemembers Act - Eliminates forced arbitration in USERRA claims - Entir Bill
S 66, Retired Pay Restoration Act - Authorizes concurrent receipt of VA disability benefits and DOD retired pay - Entire Bill
S 667, Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act - Gives full active duty benefits to Guard and Reserves deployed under 12304a and 12304b orders - Entire Bill
S 765 , Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act - Prohibits the sale of military-issued Purple Heart medals - Entire Bill
S 946, Veterans Court Improvement Act of 2017 - Increase VA funding for Veterans Justice Outreach specialists - Entire Bill
S 2193, Caring for Our Veterans Act - Makes improvements the the Veterans Choice Program - Entire Bill
HR 4345, Veterans Treatment Court Coordination Act - Gives grants to states with veterans treatment courts - Entire Bill
HR 1384, Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act - Gives full active duty benefits to Guard and Reserves deployed under 12304a and 12304b orders - Entire Bill
HR 2683, Protecting Veterans Credit Act - Require credit rating agencies to strike debts from veterans credit reports if they were incurred from care authorized by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Entire Bill
HR 3642, Military SAVE Act - Pilot program to allow victims of military sexual trauma to elect to receive private health care - Entire Bill
HR 4016, Restore Veterans Compensation Act - Eliminate the recoupment of separation pay from veterans who are subsequently awarded disability compensation - Entire Bill
HR 4099, To amend title 38, USC, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants - Ensure children of homeless veterans are included when calculating per diem grants - Entire Bill
HR 4328, Honoring World War I Memorials Act - Gives grants to repair World War I Memorials - Entire Bill
HR 4369, Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans Act - Codifies the veterans individual unemployability benefit - Entire Bill
S 1990, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvemement Act - Improves compensation to veterans survivors-Entire Bill
S 2117, FAIR Heroes Act - Waive Medicare late enrollment penalties for disabled veterans eligible for TRICARE-Entire Bill
HR 4345, Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act - Establish grants and training for veterans treatment courts
HR 1928, Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act - Pay timely death gratuity in the case of a government shutdown-Entire Bill
S 2386, Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Restoration Act - Prevents veterans assigned a fiduciary from being placed on the do not sell list-Entire Bill
HR 695, Department ofDefenseAppropriationsAct, 2018 - Pass the bill, not a continuing resolution
S 2184, Veterans Community Care and Access Act - Title 1 only - creates access standards for veterans community care
S 2379, Military Spouse Employment Act - Provide child care for working military spouses-Entire Bill
HR 4508, PROSPER Act - Oppose provisions that would roll back consumer protections for student veterans and servicemembers
Fully Fund the Peer Reviewed Vision Trauma Program; Oppose any roll back of the consumer protections for the GI Bill
Oppose the reinstatement recognition of Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Support Fully fund veterans interoperable health record
Include veterans community care provisions in omnibus Appropriations Act, HR 1625;
Fully fund Gulf War Illness research
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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 90, HR 91, HR 92, HR 93, HR 95, HR 101, HR 102, HR 103, HR 299, HR 303, HR 457, HR 476, HR 632, HR 846, HR 907, HR 918, HR 927, HR 1005, HR 1058, HR 1063, HR 1100, HR 1153, HR 1279, HR 1329, HR 1359, HR 1367, HR 1371, HR 1472, HR 1618, HR 1802, HR 1943, HR 2123, HR 2147, HR 2288, HR 2452, HR 2652, HR 3158, HR 3368, HR 3558, HR 3605, HR 3705, HR 3819, HR 4016, HR 4099, HR 4146, HR 4345, HR 4369, HR 4635, HR 4843, HR 4958, HR 5452, S 23, S 75, S 112, S 113, S 116, S 165, S 233, S 283, S 319, S 324, S 339, S 422, S 423, S 591, S 609, S 681, S 683, S 784, S 804, S 833, S 925, S 946, S 970, S 992, S 1024, S 1072, S 1111, S 1153, S 1161, S 1261, S 1325, S 1473, S 1735, S 1759, S 1990, S 2038, S 2105, S 2131, S 2193, S 2239, S 2341, S 2402, S 2565.
Client expense: $185,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 91, the Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act
H.R. 93
H.R. 95, the Veterans Access to Child Care Act
H.R. 105, the Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2017
H.R. 282, the Military Residency Choice Act
H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
H.R. 369
H.R. 457
H.R. 467, the VA Scheduling Accountability Act of 2017
H.R. 501, the VA Transparency Enhancement Act of 2017
H.R. 611/ S. 152, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act
H.R. 907, the Newborn Improvement Act
H.R. 918, the Veterans Urgent Access to Mental Health Care Act
H.R. 927
H.R. 936, the Special Priority on Aircrafts and Coverage Equity Act of 2017
H.R. 1005
H.R. 1058, VA Provider Equity Act
H.R. 1063, the Veteran Prescription Continuity Act
H.R. 1066, the VA Management Alignment Act of 2017
H.R. 1133, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017
H.R. 1162, the No Hero Left Untreated Act
H.R. 1206, the Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act
H.R. 1259/ S. 493, the VA Accountability First Act
H.R. 1328, the American Heroes COLA Act of 2017
H.R. 1329
H.R. 1390
H.R. 1472, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 1506, the VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2017
H.R. 1545, the VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017
H.R. 1564
H.R. 1662
H.R. 1690, the Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act
H.R. 1712, the Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act
H.R. 1721
H.R. 1725, the Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017
H.R. 1802, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 1848, the Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017
H.R. 1900, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act
H.R. 1943, the Restoring Maximum Mobility to Our Nations Veterans Act of 2017
H.R. 1972, the VA Billing Accountability Act
H.R. 2123, the Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017
H.R. 2147/ S. 946, the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017
H.R. 2225, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act
H.R. 2322, Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights
H.R. 2327, the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2017
H.R. 2601, the Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act of 2017
H.R. 2631, the Justice for Service Members Act of 2017
H.R. 2683, the Protecting Veterans Credit Act
H.R. 2772, the SEA Act
H.R. 3122, the Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
H.R. 3642, the Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment (SAVE) Act
H.R. 3656
H.R. 3657
H.R. 3705, the Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017
H.R. 3832, the Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
H.R. 4242, the VA Care in the Community Act
H.R. 4243
H.R. 4334, the Improving Oversight of Women Veterans' Care Act of 2017
H.R. 4369, the, Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans of America
H.R. 4635, the Peer-2-Peer Act
H.R. 5467, the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018
The Veteran Coordinated Access & Rewarding Experiences (CARE) Act
House Draft Bill Regarding State Homes and Other Purposes
House Draft Legislation Regarding the Veterans Crisis Line
House Draft Bill Regarding Caregiver Expansion
Discussion of hospital care and medical services for veterans and dependents stationed at military installations who were exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
House Draft Bill Regarding Medicinal Cannabis
The Honoring Yesterdays Heroes Act
S. 75 the Arla Harrell Act
S. 86
S. 111, the Filipino Veterans Promise Act
S. 115, the Veterans Transplant Coverage Act
S. 116
S. 152
S. 410, the Shawna Hill Post-9/11 Education Transferability Act
S. 426, the Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistance Employment and Education Act of 2017
S. 473
S. 591, the Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017
S. 681, the Deborah Sampson Act
S. 683, the Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017
S. 712
S. 758, the Janey Ensminger Act of 2017
S. 764, the Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017
S. 784, the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017
S. 798, the Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act
S. 833, the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017
S. 882
S. 899, the Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran Transition Improvement Act
S. 1024, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
S. 1094, the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017
S. 1153, the Veterans Acquiring Community Care Expect Safe Services Act of 2017
S. 1209
S. 1261, the Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017
S. 1266, the Enhancing Veteran Care Act
S. 1279, the Veterans Health Administration Reform Act
S. 1325, the Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017
S. 1519, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
S. 1550, the Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act of 2017
S. 2107, the VA Provider Accountability Act
S. 2131, the VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act
S. 2193, the Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017
S. 2210, the Veteran PEER Act
S. 2402
The Veterans Choice Act
The Improving Veterans Access to Community Care Act
Implementation of P.L. 113-146, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act
Implementation of P.L. 115-55, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
Senate Draft, to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain training or vocational rehabilitation, and for other purposes.
Senate protection and advocacy system draft legislation
Client expense: $68,584 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R.333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act, H.R.303/S.66 - Retired Pay Restoration Act S.422/H.R.299 - Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, S.681 - Deborah Sampson Act, H.R.4107 - USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act, H.R.1725 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits, S.712 - Department of Veterans Affairs Appeals Modernization Act, H.R.1472/S.591 - Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act,H.R.632/S.283 - Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act, H.R.4242 - VA Care in the Community Act, S.2193 - Caring for our Veterans Act, S.2304 - Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act, S.2336 - Supporting Veteran Families Act, H.R.4328 - Honoring World War I Memorials Act, H.R.4843 - To modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, H.R.4973 - Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported