2013-05-20T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-03:/committee/184 tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359512 2013-05-20T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359602 2013-05-20T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the health care provided to veterans of World War II at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359582 2013-05-20T20:00:00Z To recognize and honor our nation's veterans on the 70th anniversaries of World War II battles.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359565 2013-05-20T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to require recipients of per diem payments from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the provision of services for homeless veterans to comply with codes relevant to operations and level of care provided, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359606 2013-05-20T20:00:00Z To provide for a three-year extension of the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of medical disability examinations by contract physicians.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-20:/action/359520 2013-05-20T20:00:00Z Expressing the sense of Congress that a site in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of the 14 members of the Army's 24th Infantry Division who have received the Medal of Honor.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-19:/action/359429 2013-05-19T20:00:00Z To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coordination of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Department of Defense, to require transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Government-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-19:/action/359437 2013-05-19T20:00:00Z To establish a prize program to award a prize and contract for the development of a fully-integrated electronic health records program for use by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-15:/action/359229 2013-05-15T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a two-year extension of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-15:/action/358992 2013-05-15T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to identify the persons who are eligible to request headstones or markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and or other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-15:/action/359221 2013-05-15T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for certain deceased veterans buried in veterans' cemeteries of Indian tribes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-14:/action/358820 2013-05-14T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of benefits payable for the burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-14:/action/358938 2013-05-14T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-14:/action/358872 2013-05-14T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for certain members of the Armed Forces to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to their dependents.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-13:/action/358780 2013-05-13T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requesting additional medical examinations of veterans who have submitted sufficient medical evidence provided by non-Department medical professionals and to improve the efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-12:/action/358550 2013-05-12T20:00:00Z To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept voluntary services from veterans and veterans service organizations at national cemeteries.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358359 2013-05-08T20:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358201 2013-05-07T20:00:00Z To protect the child custody rights of deployed members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357922 2013-05-06T20:00:00Z To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357828 2013-05-06T20:00:00Z To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to improve the protections for servicemembers, surviving spouses, and disabled veterans against mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.<br /><br />