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U.S. Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Committee Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction, 1992 Jurisdiction contained in the Standing Rules of the Senate (as revised to March 18, 1992): [Rule XXV.(1 )(p)] Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:

  1. Compensation of veterans.
  2. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces.
  3. National cemeteries.
  4. Pensions of all wars of the United States, general and special.
  5. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
  6. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
  7. Veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans.
  8. Veterans' measures generally.
  9. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans.

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