Veterans Border Patrol Training Act

Lobbying in support of improved health care and benefits service for post-9/11 wounded, ill, and injured veterans including: S. 4009 (the Veterans STAND Act) to increase mobility care for paralyzed veterans; S. 4437 (the Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act) to improve care coordination for veterans using VA and Medicare health care; H.R. 8312 (the Combat Veterans Pre-Enrollment Act) to allow early VA healthcare enrollment for certain Service members; H.R. 7777 (the Veterans COLA Act) to make cost-of-living adjustments to veteran disability compensation; S. 3751, H.R. 7504 (the Rural Veterans Transportation Care Act) to increase grants for health care transportation services; H.R. 7342 (the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act) to establish an advisory committee on federal disability legal compliance at VA and provide related recommendations; H.R. 1282, S. 344 (the Major Richard Star Act) to provide concurrent receipt to military medical retirees with combat-related injuries; H.R. 8025, S.4109 (the Blast Overpressure Safety Act) to define roles and make other improvements to Department of Defense brain injury care and prevention; H.R. 8371 (the Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act) to expand care and benefits for veterans, including changes to access standards for Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs; H.R. 8652 (the Veterans Border Patrol Training Act) to employ more veterans in border security positions; H.R. 1786 (the GROW Act) to employ more veterans in outdoor jobs on federal lands; H.R. 5785 (the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Improvement Act) to expand eligibility for VA STEM scholarship program; S. 2026 (the Maternal Health for Veterans Act) to increase maternal health support at VA; H.R. 7596 (the Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act) to expand support and research for aging women veterans and Service members; H.R. 5785 (the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support (SAVES) Act) to improve military sexual trauma disability claim processing at VA; H.R. 542 (the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023) to provide better coordination of and access to VA long term care programs for disabled veterans; H.R. 5530 (the VA Emergency Transportation Access Act) to ensure competitive contract rates for air ambulance transportation; and S.495 (the Expanding Veteran Options for Long Term Care Act) to allow VA to cover assisted living facility costs for veterans entitled to nursing home care.