mr PHILIP RILEY

H.R. 1969, S. 1159 Vietnam Human Rights Act of 1969To promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam

H.R. 1969, S. 1159: Vietnam Human Rights Act of 1969 -- Prohibits U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance to the government of Vietnam in excess of FY2009 amounts unless: (1) the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has made substantial progress respecting political, media, and religious freedoms, minority rights, access to U.S. refugee programs, and actions to end trafficking in persons; and (2) the federal government provides assistance, in addition to democracy building assistance under this Act, supporting human rights training, civil society building, and exchange programs between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the United States Congress at levels commensurate with or exceeding any increases in nonhumanitarian assistance to Vietnam. Authorizes the President to waive such requirements if increased U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance would promote the purposes of this Act or is otherwise in the U.S. national interest. Prohibits the provision of duty-free treatment for eligible articles from Vietnam until the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam protects freedom of association and does not engage in serious labor rights violations. Authorizes the President to provide U.S. assistance through appropriate nongovernmental organizations and the Human Rights Defenders Fund for the support of individuals and organizations to promote human rights in Vietnam. Declares it is U.S. policy: (1) to take measures to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia by the government of Vietnam; and (2) that educational and cultural exchange programs with Vietnam should promote progress toward freedom and democracy. Declares it is U.S. policy to offer refugee resettlement to Vietnam nationals (including members of the Montagnard ethnic minority groups) who were eligible for the Humanitarian Resettlement program, the Orderly Departure program, the Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Returnees program, the Amerasian Homecoming Act of 1988, or any other U.S. refugee program, but who were deemed ineligible for reasons of administrative error or who failed to apply because of circumstances beyond their control.

H.R. 1969; S. 1159 - Vietnam Human Rights Act of 1969 - Promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam S. 3676 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2011 - Appropriations for U.S. foreign aid programs for FY 2011

H.R. 4469: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members deployed in support of a contingency operation. States that if a motion for change of custody of a child of such a is filed while the member is so deployed, no court may enter an order modifying or amending a previous child custody judgment, except if the court finds that it is in the best interest of the child. Prohibits any court from considering a member's absence due to deployment, or possible deployment, in support of a contingency operation in determining the best interest of the child. S. 669, H.R. 2547: Veterans 2nd Amendment 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

H.R. 4469 - To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation -- Modify the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation S. 669; H.R. 2547 - Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act -- To amend title 38 to clarify conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes S. 3636 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 -- Provides funding for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and various science programs, for FY 2011, specifically, funding for the FBI, US Marshals, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

P.L. 111-212 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Promotes providing supplemental appropriations for certain defense programs for FY 2010 H.R. 303; S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act - Supports amend title 10, USC, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from VA and either retired pay (by reason of their years of military service) or Combat-Related Special Compensation and eliminate the current phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt H.R. 333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Encourages amending title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability with a less than 50 percent rating to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt; to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service H.R. 5136; S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Supports funding for FY 2011 DoD programs H.R. 5822; S. 3615 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports funding FY 2011 DoD military construction programs S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009 - Support amending title 10, USC, to permit certain retired uniformed services members with a service-connected disability to receive both VA disability compensation for their disability and either retired based on their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation S. 3607 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - Support DHS appropriations for FY 2011, including Federal Air Marshals; U.S. Coast Guard; immigration enforcement; and Federal Emergency Management Agency S. 3677 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Encourages Selective Service System appropriations for FY 2011 S. 3800 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports FY 2011 appropriations for DoD

H.R. 3257 - Military Family Leave Act of 2009 -- Amend title 38 to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members H.R. 3685 - To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website -- To require the VA Secretary to include on the main page of the Departments Internet website a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize same H.R. 5120; S. 3234 - Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 -- Improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom S. 3686 - An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes -- Makes FY 2011 appropriations for the Labor Department including funding for the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) Licensure and Certification of Transitioning Veterans -- To support efforts that required DoD to take appropriate steps to ensure that service members be trained, tested, and evaluated and issued any licensure or certification that may be required in the civilian workforce prior to separation. To ensure the elimination of employment barriers impeding the transfer of military job skills to the civilian job market Federal Contractor Compliance - To improve Contracting Compliance with the Federal government to ensure that employers comply with nondiscrimination and affirmative act laws and regulations when doing business with the Federal government

H.R. 1088: Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009 -- Reduces from 3 years to 1 year the period during which a disabled veterans outreach program specialist or a local veterans employment representative must complete the training program provided by the National Veterans Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257: Military Family Leave Act of 2009 -- Entitles an employed family member of a member of the Armed Forces who receives notification of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, or who is deployed in connection with a contingency operation, to two workweeks of leave per year for each family member who is so called or deployed. Allows such leave to: (1) be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule; and (2) consist of paid or unpaid leave, as the employer considers appropriate. Allows an employer to require certification of entitlement to such leave within a leave request. Provides employment and benefits protection for employees upon their return from such leave. Prohibits an employer from interfering with or otherwise denying the exercise of such leave rights. H.R. 4443: Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010 -- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607: Wounded Veteran Job Security Act -- Prohibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service.

P.L. 111-212 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Promotes providing supplemental appropriations for certain defense programs for FY 2010 H.R. 303; S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act - Supports amend title 10, USC, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from VA and either retired pay (by reason of their years of military service) or Combat-Related Special Compensation and eliminate the current phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt H.R. 333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Encourages amending title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability with a less than 50 percent rating to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt; to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service H.R. 5136; S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Supports funding for FY 2011 DoD programs H.R. 5822; S. 3615 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports funding FY 2011 DoD military construction programs S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009 - Support amending title 10, USC, to permit certain retired uniformed services members with a service-connected disability to receive both VA disability compensation for their disability and either retired based on their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation S. 3607 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - Support DHS appropriations for FY 2011, including Federal Air Marshals; U.S. Coast Guard; immigration enforcement; and Federal Emergency Management Agency S. 3677 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Encourages Selective Service System appropriations for FY 2011 S. 3800 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports FY 2011 appropriations for DoD

H.R. 1088Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a one-year period for the training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257Military Family Leave Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members. H.R. 4443Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607Wounded Veteran Job Security ActProhibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service. H.R. 5120, S. 3234Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010To improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes. H.R. 114, H.R. 3685, H.R. 4319, H.R. 4635, H.R. 4664, H.R. 4765 & H.R. 5360Support these pieces of legislation to encourage the VA to generate special recognition of organizations who have met VAs goals of hiring veterans

H.R. 3257 - Military Family Leave Act of 2009 -- Amend title 38 to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members H.R. 3685 - To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website -- To require the VA Secretary to include on the main page of the Departments Internet website a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize same H.R. 5120; S. 3234 - Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 -- Improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom S. 3686 - An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes -- Makes FY 2011 appropriations for the Labor Department including funding for the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) Licensure and Certification of Transitioning Veterans -- To support efforts that required DoD to take appropriate steps to ensure that service members be trained, tested, and evaluated and issued any licensure or certification that may be required in the civilian workforce prior to separation. To ensure the elimination of employment barriers impeding the transfer of military job skills to the civilian job market Federal Contractor Compliance - To improve Contracting Compliance with the Federal government to ensure that employers comply with nondiscrimination and affirmative act laws and regulations when doing business with the Federal government

H.R. 1088Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a one-year period for the training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257Military Family Leave Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members. H.R. 4443Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607Wounded Veteran Job Security ActProhibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service. H.R. 5120, S. 3234Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010To improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes. H.R. 114, H.R. 3685, H.R. 4319, H.R. 4635, H.R. 4664, H.R. 4765 & H.R. 5360Support these pieces of legislation to encourage the VA to generate special recognition of organizations who have met VAs goals of hiring veterans

H.R. 1088: Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009 -- Reduces from 3 years to 1 year the period during which a disabled veterans outreach program specialist or a local veterans employment representative must complete the training program provided by the National Veterans Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257: Military Family Leave Act of 2009 -- Entitles an employed family member of a member of the Armed Forces who receives notification of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, or who is deployed in connection with a contingency operation, to two workweeks of leave per year for each family member who is so called or deployed. Allows such leave to: (1) be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule; and (2) consist of paid or unpaid leave, as the employer considers appropriate. Allows an employer to require certification of entitlement to such leave within a leave request. Provides employment and benefits protection for employees upon their return from such leave. Prohibits an employer from interfering with or otherwise denying the exercise of such leave rights. H.R. 4443: Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010 -- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607: Wounded Veteran Job Security Act -- Prohibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service.

H.R. 4469: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members deployed in support of a contingency operation. States that if a motion for change of custody of a child of such a is filed while the member is so deployed, no court may enter an order modifying or amending a previous child custody judgment, except if the court finds that it is in the best interest of the child. Prohibits any court from considering a member's absence due to deployment, or possible deployment, in support of a contingency operation in determining the best interest of the child. S. 669, H.R. 2547: Veterans 2nd Amendment 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

H.R. 4469 - To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation -- Modify the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation S. 669; H.R. 2547 - Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act -- To amend title 38 to clarify conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes S. 3636 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 -- Provides funding for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and various science programs, for FY 2011, specifically, funding for the FBI, US Marshals, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

H.R. 1088Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a one-year period for the training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257Military Family Leave Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members. H.R. 4443Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607Wounded Veteran Job Security ActProhibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service. H.R. 5120, S. 3234Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010To improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes. H.R. 114, H.R. 3685, H.R. 4319, H.R. 4635, H.R. 4664, H.R. 4765 & H.R. 5360Support these pieces of legislation to encourage the VA to generate special recognition of organizations who have met VAs goals of hiring veterans

H.R. 1088: Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009 -- Reduces from 3 years to 1 year the period during which a disabled veterans outreach program specialist or a local veterans employment representative must complete the training program provided by the National Veterans Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257: Military Family Leave Act of 2009 -- Entitles an employed family member of a member of the Armed Forces who receives notification of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, or who is deployed in connection with a contingency operation, to two workweeks of leave per year for each family member who is so called or deployed. Allows such leave to: (1) be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule; and (2) consist of paid or unpaid leave, as the employer considers appropriate. Allows an employer to require certification of entitlement to such leave within a leave request. Provides employment and benefits protection for employees upon their return from such leave. Prohibits an employer from interfering with or otherwise denying the exercise of such leave rights. H.R. 4443: Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010 -- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607: Wounded Veteran Job Security Act -- Prohibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service.

H.R. 1088Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a one-year period for the training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257Military Family Leave Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members. H.R. 4443Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607Wounded Veteran Job Security ActProhibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service. H.R. 5120, S. 3234Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010To improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes. H.R. 114, H.R. 3685, H.R. 4319, H.R. 4635, H.R. 4664, H.R. 4765 & H.R. 5360Support these pieces of legislation to encourage the VA to generate special recognition of organizations who have met VAs goals of hiring veterans

H.R. 1088Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a one-year period for the training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257Military Family Leave Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members. H.R. 4443Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607Wounded Veteran Job Security ActProhibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service. H.R. 5120, S. 3234Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010To improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes. H.R. 114, H.R. 3685, H.R. 4319, H.R. 4635, H.R. 4664, H.R. 4765 & H.R. 5360Support these pieces of legislation to encourage the VA to generate special recognition of organizations who have met VAs goals of hiring veterans

H.R. 1088Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a one-year period for the training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257Military Family Leave Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members. H.R. 4443Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607Wounded Veteran Job Security ActProhibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service. H.R. 5120, S. 3234Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010To improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes. H.R. 114, H.R. 3685, H.R. 4319, H.R. 4635, H.R. 4664, H.R. 4765 & H.R. 5360Support these pieces of legislation to encourage the VA to generate special recognition of organizations who have met VAs goals of hiring veterans

H.R. 3257 - Military Family Leave Act of 2009 -- Amend title 38 to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members H.R. 3685 - To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website -- To require the VA Secretary to include on the main page of the Departments Internet website a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize same H.R. 5120; S. 3234 - Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 -- Improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom S. 3686 - An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes -- Makes FY 2011 appropriations for the Labor Department including funding for the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) Licensure and Certification of Transitioning Veterans -- To support efforts that required DoD to take appropriate steps to ensure that service members be trained, tested, and evaluated and issued any licensure or certification that may be required in the civilian workforce prior to separation. To ensure the elimination of employment barriers impeding the transfer of military job skills to the civilian job market Federal Contractor Compliance - To improve Contracting Compliance with the Federal government to ensure that employers comply with nondiscrimination and affirmative act laws and regulations when doing business with the Federal government

H.R. 1088Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a one-year period for the training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257Military Family Leave Act of 2009To amend title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members. H.R. 4443Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607Wounded Veteran Job Security ActProhibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service. H.R. 5120, S. 3234Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010To improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes. H.R. 114, H.R. 3685, H.R. 4319, H.R. 4635, H.R. 4664, H.R. 4765 & H.R. 5360Support these pieces of legislation to encourage the VA to generate special recognition of organizations who have met VAs goals of hiring veterans

P.L. 111-212 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Promotes providing supplemental appropriations for certain defense programs for FY 2010 H.R. 303; S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act - Supports amend title 10, USC, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from VA and either retired pay (by reason of their years of military service) or Combat-Related Special Compensation and eliminate the current phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt H.R. 333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Encourages amending title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability with a less than 50 percent rating to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt; to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service H.R. 5136; S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Supports funding for FY 2011 DoD programs H.R. 5822; S. 3615 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports funding FY 2011 DoD military construction programs S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009 - Support amending title 10, USC, to permit certain retired uniformed services members with a service-connected disability to receive both VA disability compensation for their disability and either retired based on their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation S. 3607 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - Support DHS appropriations for FY 2011, including Federal Air Marshals; U.S. Coast Guard; immigration enforcement; and Federal Emergency Management Agency S. 3677 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Encourages Selective Service System appropriations for FY 2011 S. 3800 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports FY 2011 appropriations for DoD

H.R. 1969, S. 1159 Vietnam Human Rights Act of 1969To promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam

H.R. 1969, S. 1159: Vietnam Human Rights Act of 1969 -- Prohibits U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance to the government of Vietnam in excess of FY2009 amounts unless: (1) the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has made substantial progress respecting political, media, and religious freedoms, minority rights, access to U.S. refugee programs, and actions to end trafficking in persons; and (2) the federal government provides assistance, in addition to democracy building assistance under this Act, supporting human rights training, civil society building, and exchange programs between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the United States Congress at levels commensurate with or exceeding any increases in nonhumanitarian assistance to Vietnam. Authorizes the President to waive such requirements if increased U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance would promote the purposes of this Act or is otherwise in the U.S. national interest. Prohibits the provision of duty-free treatment for eligible articles from Vietnam until the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam protects freedom of association and does not engage in serious labor rights violations. Authorizes the President to provide U.S. assistance through appropriate nongovernmental organizations and the Human Rights Defenders Fund for the support of individuals and organizations to promote human rights in Vietnam. Declares it is U.S. policy: (1) to take measures to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia by the government of Vietnam; and (2) that educational and cultural exchange programs with Vietnam should promote progress toward freedom and democracy. Declares it is U.S. policy to offer refugee resettlement to Vietnam nationals (including members of the Montagnard ethnic minority groups) who were eligible for the Humanitarian Resettlement program, the Orderly Departure program, the Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Returnees program, the Amerasian Homecoming Act of 1988, or any other U.S. refugee program, but who were deemed ineligible for reasons of administrative error or who failed to apply because of circumstances beyond their control.

H.R. 1088: Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009 -- Reduces from 3 years to 1 year the period during which a disabled veterans outreach program specialist or a local veterans employment representative must complete the training program provided by the National Veterans Employment and Training Services Institute. H.R. 3257: Military Family Leave Act of 2009 -- Entitles an employed family member of a member of the Armed Forces who receives notification of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, or who is deployed in connection with a contingency operation, to two workweeks of leave per year for each family member who is so called or deployed. Allows such leave to: (1) be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule; and (2) consist of paid or unpaid leave, as the employer considers appropriate. Allows an employer to require certification of entitlement to such leave within a leave request. Provides employment and benefits protection for employees upon their return from such leave. Prohibits an employer from interfering with or otherwise denying the exercise of such leave rights. H.R. 4443: Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010 -- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans. H.R. 466, S. 1607: Wounded Veteran Job Security Act -- Prohibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the VA Secretary to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service.

H.R. 3257 - Military Family Leave Act of 2009 -- Amend title 38 to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members H.R. 3685 - To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website -- To require the VA Secretary to include on the main page of the Departments Internet website a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize same H.R. 5120; S. 3234 - Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 -- Improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom S. 3686 - An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes -- Makes FY 2011 appropriations for the Labor Department including funding for the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) Licensure and Certification of Transitioning Veterans -- To support efforts that required DoD to take appropriate steps to ensure that service members be trained, tested, and evaluated and issued any licensure or certification that may be required in the civilian workforce prior to separation. To ensure the elimination of employment barriers impeding the transfer of military job skills to the civilian job market Federal Contractor Compliance - To improve Contracting Compliance with the Federal government to ensure that employers comply with nondiscrimination and affirmative act laws and regulations when doing business with the Federal government

P.L. 111-212 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Promotes providing supplemental appropriations for certain defense programs for FY 2010 H.R. 303; S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act - Supports amend title 10, USC, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from VA and either retired pay (by reason of their years of military service) or Combat-Related Special Compensation and eliminate the current phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt H.R. 333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Encourages amending title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability with a less than 50 percent rating to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt; to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service H.R. 5136; S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Supports funding for FY 2011 DoD programs H.R. 5822; S. 3615 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports funding FY 2011 DoD military construction programs S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009 - Support amending title 10, USC, to permit certain retired uniformed services members with a service-connected disability to receive both VA disability compensation for their disability and either retired based on their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation S. 3607 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - Support DHS appropriations for FY 2011, including Federal Air Marshals; U.S. Coast Guard; immigration enforcement; and Federal Emergency Management Agency S. 3677 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Encourages Selective Service System appropriations for FY 2011 S. 3800 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports FY 2011 appropriations for DoD

P.L. 111-212 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Promotes providing supplemental appropriations for certain defense programs for FY 2010 H.R. 303; S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act - Supports amend title 10, USC, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from VA and either retired pay (by reason of their years of military service) or Combat-Related Special Compensation and eliminate the current phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt H.R. 333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Encourages amending title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability with a less than 50 percent rating to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt; to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service H.R. 5136; S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Supports funding for FY 2011 DoD programs H.R. 5822; S. 3615 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports funding FY 2011 DoD military construction programs S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009 - Support amending title 10, USC, to permit certain retired uniformed services members with a service-connected disability to receive both VA disability compensation for their disability and either retired based on their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation S. 3607 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - Support DHS appropriations for FY 2011, including Federal Air Marshals; U.S. Coast Guard; immigration enforcement; and Federal Emergency Management Agency S. 3677 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Encourages Selective Service System appropriations for FY 2011 S. 3800 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports FY 2011 appropriations for DoD

H.R. 4469 - To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation -- Modify the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation S. 669; H.R. 2547 - Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act -- To amend title 38 to clarify conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes S. 3636 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 -- Provides funding for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and various science programs, for FY 2011, specifically, funding for the FBI, US Marshals, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

H.R. 1969; S. 1159 - Vietnam Human Rights Act of 1969 - Promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam S. 3676 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2011 - Appropriations for U.S. foreign aid programs for FY 2011

P.L. 111-212 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Promotes providing supplemental appropriations for certain defense programs for FY 2010 H.R. 303; S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act - Supports amend title 10, USC, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from VA and either retired pay (by reason of their years of military service) or Combat-Related Special Compensation and eliminate the current phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt H.R. 333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Encourages amending title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability with a less than 50 percent rating to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt; to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service H.R. 5136; S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Supports funding for FY 2011 DoD programs H.R. 5822; S. 3615 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports funding FY 2011 DoD military construction programs S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009 - Support amending title 10, USC, to permit certain retired uniformed services members with a service-connected disability to receive both VA disability compensation for their disability and either retired based on their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation S. 3607 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - Support DHS appropriations for FY 2011, including Federal Air Marshals; U.S. Coast Guard; immigration enforcement; and Federal Emergency Management Agency S. 3677 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Encourages Selective Service System appropriations for FY 2011 S. 3800 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports FY 2011 appropriations for DoD

H.R. 3257 - Military Family Leave Act of 2009 -- Amend title 38 to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members H.R. 3685 - To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website -- To require the VA Secretary to include on the main page of the Departments Internet website a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize same H.R. 5120; S. 3234 - Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 -- Improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom S. 3686 - An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes -- Makes FY 2011 appropriations for the Labor Department including funding for the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) Licensure and Certification of Transitioning Veterans -- To support efforts that required DoD to take appropriate steps to ensure that service members be trained, tested, and evaluated and issued any licensure or certification that may be required in the civilian workforce prior to separation. To ensure the elimination of employment barriers impeding the transfer of military job skills to the civilian job market Federal Contractor Compliance - To improve Contracting Compliance with the Federal government to ensure that employers comply with nondiscrimination and affirmative act laws and regulations when doing business with the Federal government

P.L. 111-212 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Promotes providing supplemental appropriations for certain defense programs for FY 2010 H.R. 303; S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act - Supports amend title 10, USC, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from VA and either retired pay (by reason of their years of military service) or Combat-Related Special Compensation and eliminate the current phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt H.R. 333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Encourages amending title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability with a less than 50 percent rating to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt; to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service H.R. 5136; S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Supports funding for FY 2011 DoD programs H.R. 5822; S. 3615 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports funding FY 2011 DoD military construction programs S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009 - Support amending title 10, USC, to permit certain retired uniformed services members with a service-connected disability to receive both VA disability compensation for their disability and either retired based on their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation S. 3607 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - Support DHS appropriations for FY 2011, including Federal Air Marshals; U.S. Coast Guard; immigration enforcement; and Federal Emergency Management Agency S. 3677 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Encourages Selective Service System appropriations for FY 2011 S. 3800 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports FY 2011 appropriations for DoD

P.L. 111-212 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Promotes providing supplemental appropriations for certain defense programs for FY 2010 H.R. 303; S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act - Supports amend title 10, USC, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from VA and either retired pay (by reason of their years of military service) or Combat-Related Special Compensation and eliminate the current phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt H.R. 333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Encourages amending title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability with a less than 50 percent rating to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt; to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service H.R. 5136; S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Supports funding for FY 2011 DoD programs H.R. 5822; S. 3615 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports funding FY 2011 DoD military construction programs S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009 - Support amending title 10, USC, to permit certain retired uniformed services members with a service-connected disability to receive both VA disability compensation for their disability and either retired based on their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation S. 3607 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - Support DHS appropriations for FY 2011, including Federal Air Marshals; U.S. Coast Guard; immigration enforcement; and Federal Emergency Management Agency S. 3677 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Encourages Selective Service System appropriations for FY 2011 S. 3800 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports FY 2011 appropriations for DoD

H.R. 4469 - To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation -- Modify the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation S. 669; H.R. 2547 - Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act -- To amend title 38 to clarify conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes S. 3636 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 -- Provides funding for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and various science programs, for FY 2011, specifically, funding for the FBI, US Marshals, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

H.R. 4469: To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members deployed in support of a contingency operation. States that if a motion for change of custody of a child of such a is filed while the member is so deployed, no court may enter an order modifying or amending a previous child custody judgment, except if the court finds that it is in the best interest of the child. Prohibits any court from considering a member's absence due to deployment, or possible deployment, in support of a contingency operation in determining the best interest of the child. S. 669, H.R. 2547: Veterans 2nd Amendment 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

H.R. 4469Amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. S. 669, H.R. 2547Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes

P.L. 111-212 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 - Promotes providing supplemental appropriations for certain defense programs for FY 2010 H.R. 303; S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act - Supports amend title 10, USC, to permit additional retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from VA and either retired pay (by reason of their years of military service) or Combat-Related Special Compensation and eliminate the current phase-in period with respect to such concurrent receipt H.R. 333 - Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Encourages amending title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces with a service-connected disability with a less than 50 percent rating to receive concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt; to extend eligibility for concurrent receipt to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service H.R. 5136; S. 3454 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Supports funding for FY 2011 DoD programs H.R. 5822; S. 3615 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports funding FY 2011 DoD military construction programs S. 546 - Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009 - Support amending title 10, USC, to permit certain retired uniformed services members with a service-connected disability to receive both VA disability compensation for their disability and either retired based on their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation S. 3607 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2011 - Support DHS appropriations for FY 2011, including Federal Air Marshals; U.S. Coast Guard; immigration enforcement; and Federal Emergency Management Agency S. 3677 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Encourages Selective Service System appropriations for FY 2011 S. 3800 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 - Supports FY 2011 appropriations for DoD

PL 111-32--Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009--Supplemental funding for certain DoD programs to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Senate Joint Resolution 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. HR 2990--Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act--To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. HR 775, S 535--Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act--To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. S 475--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military of naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

PL 111-5--American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2009 to the Department of Defense. PL 111-8--Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes--Makes appropriations for the remainder of FY 2009 for the Selective Service System. HR 593--Concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability--Amend title 10, USC, to expand the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability, as defined under section 1413a of such title. HR 775--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. SJ Res 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. S 535--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Amend title 10, USC, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Amend title 10, USC, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay be reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special.

PL 111-32--Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009--Supplemental funding for certain DoD programs to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Senate Joint Resolution 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. HR 2990--Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act--To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. HR 775, S 535--Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act--To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. S 475--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military of naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

HR 2647, S 1390--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

PL 111-32--Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009--Supplemental funding for certain DoD programs to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Senate Joint Resolution 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. HR 2990--Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act--To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. HR 775, S 535--Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act--To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. S 475--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military of naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

HR 2647, S 1390--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

HR 3081, S 1434--Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes--FY 2010 funding for foreign operations, economic, security and military aid, narcotics control and law enforcement.

PL 111-32--Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009--Supplemental funding for certain DoD programs to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Senate Joint Resolution 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. HR 2990--Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act--To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. HR 775, S 535--Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act--To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. S 475--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military of naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

PL 111-5--American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2009 to the Department of Defense. PL 111-8--Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes--Makes appropriations for the remainder of FY 2009 for the Selective Service System. HR 593--Concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability--Amend title 10, USC, to expand the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability, as defined under section 1413a of such title. HR 775--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. SJ Res 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. S 535--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Amend title 10, USC, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Amend title 10, USC, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay be reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special.

PL 111-32--Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009--Supplemental funding for certain DoD programs to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Senate Joint Resolution 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. HR 2990--Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act--To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. HR 775, S 535--Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act--To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. S 475--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military of naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

PL 111-32--Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009--Supplemental funding for certain DoD programs to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Senate Joint Resolution 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. HR 2990--Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act--To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. HR 775, S 535--Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act--To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. S 475--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military of naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

PL 111-5--American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2009 to the Department of Defense. PL 111-8--Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes--Makes appropriations for the remainder of FY 2009 for the Selective Service System. HR 593--Concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability--Amend title 10, USC, to expand the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability, as defined under section 1413a of such title. HR 775--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. SJ Res 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. S 535--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Amend title 10, USC, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Amend title 10, USC, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay be reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special.

PL 111-117: Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY 2010 -- FY 2010 appropriations for various federal law enforcement programs including: (1) the FBI; (2) state and local law enforcement assistance grants; (3) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (4) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF); (5) the US Marshals Service; and, (6) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention S 669: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act -- Will amend title 38, USC, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes

PL 111-5--American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2009 to the Department of Defense. PL 111-8--Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes--Makes appropriations for the remainder of FY 2009 for the Selective Service System. HR 593--Concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability--Amend title 10, USC, to expand the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability, as defined under section 1413a of such title. HR 775--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. SJ Res 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. S 535--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Amend title 10, USC, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Amend title 10, USC, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay be reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special.

PL 111-32--Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009--Supplemental funding for certain DoD programs to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Senate Joint Resolution 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. HR 2990--Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act--To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. HR 775, S 535--Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act--To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. S 475--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military of naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

HR 2647, S 1390--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

PL 111-32--Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009--Supplemental funding for certain DoD programs to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Senate Joint Resolution 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. HR 2990--Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act--To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. HR 775, S 535--Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act--To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. S 475--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military of naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

PL 111-5--American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2009 to the Department of Defense. PL 111-8--Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes--Makes appropriations for the remainder of FY 2009 for the Selective Service System. HR 593--Concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability--Amend title 10, USC, to expand the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability, as defined under section 1413a of such title. HR 775--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. SJ Res 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. S 535--Repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation--Amend title 10, USC, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Amend title 10, USC, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay be reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special.

PL 111-32--Supplemental Appropriations Act 2009--Supplemental funding for certain DoD programs to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. HR 2892, S 1298--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010--Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. HR 3082, S 1407--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2010--Making appropriations for military construction, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Senate Joint Resolution 10--A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.--Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental U.S. national security requirements. HR 2990--Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act--To provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. HR 775, S 535--Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act--To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. S 475--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military of naval orders. Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse. Prohibits a spouse's income from being considered income earned in a tax jurisdiction if the spouse is not a resident or domiciliary of such jurisdiction when the spouse is in that jurisdiction solely to be with a servicemember serving under military orders. S 546--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2009--Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.

HR 1316--Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and the global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by the LST amphibious craft during these conflicts--(1) recognizes the essential role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and many other military and humanitarian operations; (2) honors the service of the Navy and Coast Guard sailors who bravely served their country aboard the LSTs; (3) acknowledges the debt modern amphibious operations owe to the LST sailors and ships in pioneering the multiple missions carried out by amphibious landing craft; and (4) commends the many volunteers of the USS LST Ship Memorial who have preserved the LST 325 as a living memorial in honor and remembrance of the ships and veterans in their service. HR 2638--Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Departments of Defense and Homeland Security appropriations. HR 5658, S 3001--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009--An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths, authorizations for weapons programs, military pay COLAs and for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. HR 6331--Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--(1) prevention of a 10.6% cut in Medicare payments; (2) protection of TRICARE patients' health and benefits; Military retirees may suffer if doctors refuse to accept TRICARE; if cuts to Medicare remain (effectively cutting TRICARE rates as well) problems with military health benefits will increase; (3) do not hurt recruiting efforts; reduction in military retiree's medical coverage/health benefits will hurt recruiting. HR 6559, S 3303--Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008, to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanal, or biodiesel--(1) energy independence from foreign countries; (2) development of all domestic renewable and non-renewable energy sources that include: nuclear, wind, solar, biomass (biofuels), liquid coal, natural gas and domestic petroleum exploration and production; (3) end the oil sector's monopoly on the transportation sector. HR 6599--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 military construction appropriations. HR 6947, S 3181--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations.

HR 2642, [Public Law 110-252]--Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008--Supplemental appropriations to allow DoD to continue prosecution of the Global War on Terror, specifically to continue combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2721--Amend title 10, USC, to require the VA Secretary to develop and the DoD Secretary to distribute to members of the Armed Forces upon their discharge or release from active duty, information in a compact disk read-only memory format that lists and explains the health, education and other benefits for which veterans are eligible under the laws administered by the VA Secretary--Specific Lobbying Issue the same as Bill Title. HR 5868--Caleb Martin - Travis Dodson Wounded Warrior Retention Act--Amend title 10, USC, to provide for the retention of members of the Armed Forces on active service or in an active status who would otherwise be retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but who are still medically able to perform noncombat-related military occupational specialties or duties. HR 6070--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amend the service members Civil Relief Act to guarantee the residency of spouses of military personnel. HR 6331--Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--Amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access and for other purposes. {Reduced Medicare payments would reduce TRICARE payments} S 2674--America's Wounded Warriors Act--Amend titles 10, USC, to improved and enhance procedures for the retirement of members of the Armed Forces for disability and to improve and enhance authorities for the rating and compensation of service-connected disabilities in veterans.

HR 303--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007--Amend title 10, USC, to permit certain 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 of Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt. HR 333 Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act--Amend title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt and combat-related special compensation to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service. S 439--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007--A bill to amend title 10, USC, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services 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. HR 4986; PL 110-181--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008--Sets spending amounts and policy issues DoD for Fiscal year (FY) 2008, including: National missile defense system; Quality of life features in the armed forces; Support military commissaries; Support readiness of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps; Support the war on terrorism; Support the U.S. Coast Guard; Support modernization of U.S. Army; Support transformation of the armed forces.

HR 303--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007--Amend title 10, USC, to permit certain 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 of Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt. HR 333 Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act--Amend title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt and combat-related special compensation to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service. S 439--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007--A bill to amend title 10, USC, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services 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. HR 4986; PL 110-181--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008--Sets spending amounts and policy issues DoD for Fiscal year (FY) 2008, including: National missile defense system; Quality of life features in the armed forces; Support military commissaries; Support readiness of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps; Support the war on terrorism; Support the U.S. Coast Guard; Support modernization of U.S. Army; Support transformation of the armed forces.

HR 2642, [Public Law 110-252]--Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008--Supplemental appropriations to allow DoD to continue prosecution of the Global War on Terror, specifically to continue combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2721--Amend title 10, USC, to require the VA Secretary to develop and the DoD Secretary to distribute to members of the Armed Forces upon their discharge or release from active duty, information in a compact disk read-only memory format that lists and explains the health, education and other benefits for which veterans are eligible under the laws administered by the VA Secretary--Specific Lobbying Issue the same as Bill Title. HR 5868--Caleb Martin - Travis Dodson Wounded Warrior Retention Act--Amend title 10, USC, to provide for the retention of members of the Armed Forces on active service or in an active status who would otherwise be retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but who are still medically able to perform noncombat-related military occupational specialties or duties. HR 6070--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amend the service members Civil Relief Act to guarantee the residency of spouses of military personnel. HR 6331--Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--Amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access and for other purposes. {Reduced Medicare payments would reduce TRICARE payments} S 2674--America's Wounded Warriors Act--Amend titles 10, USC, to improved and enhance procedures for the retirement of members of the Armed Forces for disability and to improve and enhance authorities for the rating and compensation of service-connected disabilities in veterans.

HR 2642, [Public Law 110-252]--Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008--Supplemental appropriations to allow DoD to continue prosecution of the Global War on Terror, specifically to continue combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2721--Amend title 10, USC, to require the VA Secretary to develop and the DoD Secretary to distribute to members of the Armed Forces upon their discharge or release from active duty, information in a compact disk read-only memory format that lists and explains the health, education and other benefits for which veterans are eligible under the laws administered by the VA Secretary--Specific Lobbying Issue the same as Bill Title. HR 5868--Caleb Martin - Travis Dodson Wounded Warrior Retention Act--Amend title 10, USC, to provide for the retention of members of the Armed Forces on active service or in an active status who would otherwise be retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but who are still medically able to perform noncombat-related military occupational specialties or duties. HR 6070--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amend the service members Civil Relief Act to guarantee the residency of spouses of military personnel. HR 6331--Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--Amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access and for other purposes. {Reduced Medicare payments would reduce TRICARE payments} S 2674--America's Wounded Warriors Act--Amend titles 10, USC, to improved and enhance procedures for the retirement of members of the Armed Forces for disability and to improve and enhance authorities for the rating and compensation of service-connected disabilities in veterans.

HR 1316--Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and the global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by the LST amphibious craft during these conflicts--(1) recognizes the essential role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and many other military and humanitarian operations; (2) honors the service of the Navy and Coast Guard sailors who bravely served their country aboard the LSTs; (3) acknowledges the debt modern amphibious operations owe to the LST sailors and ships in pioneering the multiple missions carried out by amphibious landing craft; and (4) commends the many volunteers of the USS LST Ship Memorial who have preserved the LST 325 as a living memorial in honor and remembrance of the ships and veterans in their service. HR 2638--Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Departments of Defense and Homeland Security appropriations. HR 5658, S 3001--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009--An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths, authorizations for weapons programs, military pay COLAs and for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. HR 6331--Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--(1) prevention of a 10.6% cut in Medicare payments; (2) protection of TRICARE patients' health and benefits; Military retirees may suffer if doctors refuse to accept TRICARE; if cuts to Medicare remain (effectively cutting TRICARE rates as well) problems with military health benefits will increase; (3) do not hurt recruiting efforts; reduction in military retiree's medical coverage/health benefits will hurt recruiting. HR 6559, S 3303--Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008, to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanal, or biodiesel--(1) energy independence from foreign countries; (2) development of all domestic renewable and non-renewable energy sources that include: nuclear, wind, solar, biomass (biofuels), liquid coal, natural gas and domestic petroleum exploration and production; (3) end the oil sector's monopoly on the transportation sector. HR 6599--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 military construction appropriations. HR 6947, S 3181--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations.

HR 2642, [Public Law 110-252]--Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008--Supplemental appropriations to allow DoD to continue prosecution of the Global War on Terror, specifically to continue combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2721--Amend title 10, USC, to require the VA Secretary to develop and the DoD Secretary to distribute to members of the Armed Forces upon their discharge or release from active duty, information in a compact disk read-only memory format that lists and explains the health, education and other benefits for which veterans are eligible under the laws administered by the VA Secretary--Specific Lobbying Issue the same as Bill Title. HR 5868--Caleb Martin - Travis Dodson Wounded Warrior Retention Act--Amend title 10, USC, to provide for the retention of members of the Armed Forces on active service or in an active status who would otherwise be retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but who are still medically able to perform noncombat-related military occupational specialties or duties. HR 6070--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amend the service members Civil Relief Act to guarantee the residency of spouses of military personnel. HR 6331--Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--Amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access and for other purposes. {Reduced Medicare payments would reduce TRICARE payments} S 2674--America's Wounded Warriors Act--Amend titles 10, USC, to improved and enhance procedures for the retirement of members of the Armed Forces for disability and to improve and enhance authorities for the rating and compensation of service-connected disabilities in veterans.

HR 1316--Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and the global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by the LST amphibious craft during these conflicts--(1) recognizes the essential role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and many other military and humanitarian operations; (2) honors the service of the Navy and Coast Guard sailors who bravely served their country aboard the LSTs; (3) acknowledges the debt modern amphibious operations owe to the LST sailors and ships in pioneering the multiple missions carried out by amphibious landing craft; and (4) commends the many volunteers of the USS LST Ship Memorial who have preserved the LST 325 as a living memorial in honor and remembrance of the ships and veterans in their service. HR 2638--Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Departments of Defense and Homeland Security appropriations. HR 5658, S 3001--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009--An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths, authorizations for weapons programs, military pay COLAs and for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. HR 6331--Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--(1) prevention of a 10.6% cut in Medicare payments; (2) protection of TRICARE patients' health and benefits; Military retirees may suffer if doctors refuse to accept TRICARE; if cuts to Medicare remain (effectively cutting TRICARE rates as well) problems with military health benefits will increase; (3) do not hurt recruiting efforts; reduction in military retiree's medical coverage/health benefits will hurt recruiting. HR 6559, S 3303--Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008, to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanal, or biodiesel--(1) energy independence from foreign countries; (2) development of all domestic renewable and non-renewable energy sources that include: nuclear, wind, solar, biomass (biofuels), liquid coal, natural gas and domestic petroleum exploration and production; (3) end the oil sector's monopoly on the transportation sector. HR 6599--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 military construction appropriations. HR 6947, S 3181--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations.

HR 1316--Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and the global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by the LST amphibious craft during these conflicts--(1) recognizes the essential role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and many other military and humanitarian operations; (2) honors the service of the Navy and Coast Guard sailors who bravely served their country aboard the LSTs; (3) acknowledges the debt modern amphibious operations owe to the LST sailors and ships in pioneering the multiple missions carried out by amphibious landing craft; and (4) commends the many volunteers of the USS LST Ship Memorial who have preserved the LST 325 as a living memorial in honor and remembrance of the ships and veterans in their service. HR 2638--Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Departments of Defense and Homeland Security appropriations. HR 5658, S 3001--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009--An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths, authorizations for weapons programs, military pay COLAs and for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. HR 6331--Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--(1) prevention of a 10.6% cut in Medicare payments; (2) protection of TRICARE patients' health and benefits; Military retirees may suffer if doctors refuse to accept TRICARE; if cuts to Medicare remain (effectively cutting TRICARE rates as well) problems with military health benefits will increase; (3) do not hurt recruiting efforts; reduction in military retiree's medical coverage/health benefits will hurt recruiting. HR 6559, S 3303--Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008, to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanal, or biodiesel--(1) energy independence from foreign countries; (2) development of all domestic renewable and non-renewable energy sources that include: nuclear, wind, solar, biomass (biofuels), liquid coal, natural gas and domestic petroleum exploration and production; (3) end the oil sector's monopoly on the transportation sector. HR 6599--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 military construction appropriations. HR 6947, S 3181--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations.

HRes 111--Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs--Resolve that there be established in the House of Representatives a select committee to be known as the Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. FY 2009 Appropriations-Funding for State Department

HR 2642, [Public Law 110-252]--Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008--Supplemental appropriations to allow DoD to continue prosecution of the Global War on Terror, specifically to continue combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. HR 2721--Amend title 10, USC, to require the VA Secretary to develop and the DoD Secretary to distribute to members of the Armed Forces upon their discharge or release from active duty, information in a compact disk read-only memory format that lists and explains the health, education and other benefits for which veterans are eligible under the laws administered by the VA Secretary--Specific Lobbying Issue the same as Bill Title. HR 5868--Caleb Martin - Travis Dodson Wounded Warrior Retention Act--Amend title 10, USC, to provide for the retention of members of the Armed Forces on active service or in an active status who would otherwise be retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but who are still medically able to perform noncombat-related military occupational specialties or duties. HR 6070--Military Spouses Residency Relief Act--Amend the service members Civil Relief Act to guarantee the residency of spouses of military personnel. HR 6331--Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--Amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access and for other purposes. {Reduced Medicare payments would reduce TRICARE payments} S 2674--America's Wounded Warriors Act--Amend titles 10, USC, to improved and enhance procedures for the retirement of members of the Armed Forces for disability and to improve and enhance authorities for the rating and compensation of service-connected disabilities in veterans.

HR 1316--Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and the global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by the LST amphibious craft during these conflicts--(1) recognizes the essential role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and many other military and humanitarian operations; (2) honors the service of the Navy and Coast Guard sailors who bravely served their country aboard the LSTs; (3) acknowledges the debt modern amphibious operations owe to the LST sailors and ships in pioneering the multiple missions carried out by amphibious landing craft; and (4) commends the many volunteers of the USS LST Ship Memorial who have preserved the LST 325 as a living memorial in honor and remembrance of the ships and veterans in their service. HR 2638--Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Departments of Defense and Homeland Security appropriations. HR 5658, S 3001--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009--An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths, authorizations for weapons programs, military pay COLAs and for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. HR 6331--Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--(1) prevention of a 10.6% cut in Medicare payments; (2) protection of TRICARE patients' health and benefits; Military retirees may suffer if doctors refuse to accept TRICARE; if cuts to Medicare remain (effectively cutting TRICARE rates as well) problems with military health benefits will increase; (3) do not hurt recruiting efforts; reduction in military retiree's medical coverage/health benefits will hurt recruiting. HR 6559, S 3303--Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008, to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanal, or biodiesel--(1) energy independence from foreign countries; (2) development of all domestic renewable and non-renewable energy sources that include: nuclear, wind, solar, biomass (biofuels), liquid coal, natural gas and domestic petroleum exploration and production; (3) end the oil sector's monopoly on the transportation sector. HR 6599--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 military construction appropriations. HR 6947, S 3181--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations.

HR 1316--Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and the global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by the LST amphibious craft during these conflicts--(1) recognizes the essential role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and many other military and humanitarian operations; (2) honors the service of the Navy and Coast Guard sailors who bravely served their country aboard the LSTs; (3) acknowledges the debt modern amphibious operations owe to the LST sailors and ships in pioneering the multiple missions carried out by amphibious landing craft; and (4) commends the many volunteers of the USS LST Ship Memorial who have preserved the LST 325 as a living memorial in honor and remembrance of the ships and veterans in their service. HR 2638--Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Departments of Defense and Homeland Security appropriations. HR 5658, S 3001--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009--An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths, authorizations for weapons programs, military pay COLAs and for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. HR 6331--Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--(1) prevention of a 10.6% cut in Medicare payments; (2) protection of TRICARE patients' health and benefits; Military retirees may suffer if doctors refuse to accept TRICARE; if cuts to Medicare remain (effectively cutting TRICARE rates as well) problems with military health benefits will increase; (3) do not hurt recruiting efforts; reduction in military retiree's medical coverage/health benefits will hurt recruiting. HR 6559, S 3303--Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008, to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanal, or biodiesel--(1) energy independence from foreign countries; (2) development of all domestic renewable and non-renewable energy sources that include: nuclear, wind, solar, biomass (biofuels), liquid coal, natural gas and domestic petroleum exploration and production; (3) end the oil sector's monopoly on the transportation sector. HR 6599--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 military construction appropriations. HR 6947, S 3181--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations.

HR 303--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007--Amend title 10, USC, to permit certain 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 of Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt. HR 333 Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act--Amend title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt and combat-related special compensation to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service. S 439--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007--A bill to amend title 10, USC, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services 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. HR 4986; PL 110-181--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008--Sets spending amounts and policy issues DoD for Fiscal year (FY) 2008, including: National missile defense system; Quality of life features in the armed forces; Support military commissaries; Support readiness of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps; Support the war on terrorism; Support the U.S. Coast Guard; Support modernization of U.S. Army; Support transformation of the armed forces.

HR 1316--Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and the global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by the LST amphibious craft during these conflicts--(1) recognizes the essential role played by Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and many other military and humanitarian operations; (2) honors the service of the Navy and Coast Guard sailors who bravely served their country aboard the LSTs; (3) acknowledges the debt modern amphibious operations owe to the LST sailors and ships in pioneering the multiple missions carried out by amphibious landing craft; and (4) commends the many volunteers of the USS LST Ship Memorial who have preserved the LST 325 as a living memorial in honor and remembrance of the ships and veterans in their service. HR 2638--Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Departments of Defense and Homeland Security appropriations. HR 5658, S 3001--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009--An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths, authorizations for weapons programs, military pay COLAs and for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. HR 6331--Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008--(1) prevention of a 10.6% cut in Medicare payments; (2) protection of TRICARE patients' health and benefits; Military retirees may suffer if doctors refuse to accept TRICARE; if cuts to Medicare remain (effectively cutting TRICARE rates as well) problems with military health benefits will increase; (3) do not hurt recruiting efforts; reduction in military retiree's medical coverage/health benefits will hurt recruiting. HR 6559, S 3303--Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008, to require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanal, or biodiesel--(1) energy independence from foreign countries; (2) development of all domestic renewable and non-renewable energy sources that include: nuclear, wind, solar, biomass (biofuels), liquid coal, natural gas and domestic petroleum exploration and production; (3) end the oil sector's monopoly on the transportation sector. HR 6599--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 military construction appropriations. HR 6947, S 3181--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009--FY 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations.

HR 303--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007--Amend title 10, USC, to permit certain 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 of Combat-Related Special Compensation and to eliminate the phase-in period under current law with respect to such concurrent receipt. HR 333 Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act--Amend title 10, USC, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have a service concurrent payment of both retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, to eliminate the phase-in period for concurrent receipt and combat-related special compensation to chapter 61 disability retirees with less than 20 years of service. S 439--Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007--A bill to amend title 10, USC, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services 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. HR 4986; PL 110-181--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008--Sets spending amounts and policy issues DoD for Fiscal year (FY) 2008, including: National missile defense system; Quality of life features in the armed forces; Support military commissaries; Support readiness of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps; Support the war on terrorism; Support the U.S. Coast Guard; Support modernization of U.S. Army; Support transformation of the armed forces.