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Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014

3/14/2024, 12:48 PM

Congressional Summary of S 1982

Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends federal veterans provisions to revise or add provisions concerning medical services and other benefits provided to veterans and/or their dependents through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) relating to the following areas:

  • survivor and dependent matters, including benefits for children of certain veterans born with spina bifida;
  • education matters, including the approval of courses for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force and the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance programs;
  • the expansion and extension of certain health care benefits, including immunizations, chiropractic care, treatment for traumatic brain injury, and wellness promotion;
  • health care administration, including extension of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program, and
  • complementary and alternative medicine;
  • mental health care, including an education program and peer support program for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders;
  • dental care eligibility and expansion, including a program of education to promote dental health in veterans;
  • health care related to sexual trauma, including appropriate counseling and treatment and a screening mechanism to detect incidents of domestic abuse;
  • reproductive treatment and services, including fertility counseling as well as adoption assistance for severely wounded veterans;
  • major medical facility leases;
  • veterans' employment training and related services;
  • veterans' employment, including within the federal government and as first responders;
  • career transition services;
  • employment and reemployment rights of members of the Armed Forces after active duty service;
  • small business matters, including contracting and subcontracting participation goals with federal departments and agencies;
  • administrative matters, including regional support centers for Veterans Integrated Service Networks;
  • the revision of claims based on military sexual trauma as well as claims for dependency and indemnity compensation;
  • jurisdictional matters, including with respect to the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims;
  • the revision of certain rights under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, including protections with respect to the expiration of professional licenses, a prohibition on the denial of credit or the termination of residential leases due to military service, and the temporary protection of surviving spouses under mortgage foreclosures; and
  • outreach and miscellaneous matters, including: (1) repeal of the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62, and (2) the accounting for discretionary accounts designated for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism.

Current Status of Bill S 1982

Bill S 1982 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since February 3, 2014. Bill S 1982 was introduced during Congress 113 and was introduced to the Senate on February 3, 2014.  Bill S 1982's most recent activity was Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment (SA 2767) fell when the bill was committed in Senate. (consideration: CR S1209-1210) as of February 27, 2014

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 1982

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
0
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
1
Total Number of Cosponsors
29
Democrat Cosponsors
29
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1982

Primary Policy Focus

Armed Forces and National Security

Potential Impact Areas

- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Adoption and foster care
- Advisory bodies
- Alternative treatments
- Arizona
- Asia
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Building construction
- California
- Caribbean area
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional tributes
- Connecticut
- Consumer affairs
- Crime victims
- Crimes against women
- Dental care
- Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Disability and paralysis
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Florida
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Georgia
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Hawaii
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Hearing, speech, and vision care
- Hereditary and development disorders
- Home and outpatient care
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Hospital care
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Illinois
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Judicial review and appeals
- Kansas
- Laos
- Licensing and registrations
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Louisiana
- Marketing and advertising
- Marriage and family status
- Massachusetts
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Members of Congress
- Mental health
- Military education and training
- Military facilities and property
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Minority health
- Missouri
- National Guard and reserves
- Nebraska
- Neurological disorders
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Nutrition and diet
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Performance measurement
- Philippines
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Prescription drugs
- Public contracts and procurement
- Puerto Rico
- Research administration and funding
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Rural conditions and development
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex offenses
- Small business
- South Carolina
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Thailand
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Unemployment
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' organizations and recognition
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
- Vocational and technical education
- Water quality
- Women's health

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 1982

Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014
A bill to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes.
Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014

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