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Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee to Hold Markup Thursday
June 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This Thursday, June 26, at 9:30 a.m. in Russell 418, the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a markup on pending legislation. Veterans' health care, cost-of-living-adjustments, disability compensation, and benefits legislation are scheduled to be considered by the Committee. The agenda:
I) S. 2969, (Committee Print) Veterans' Health Care Authorization Act of 2008To enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals, and for other purposes II) S.3023, (Committee Print) Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2008To enhance compensation and pension, housing, labor and education, insurance, and for other purposes III) S. 22, (Committee Print) Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes IV) An original bill To provide technical corrections to S. 22, the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007 V) S. 2617, (Committee Print) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2008To increase, effective as of December 1, 2008, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.
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Year: [2008] , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004 , 2003 , 2002 , 2001 , 2000 , 1999 , 1900
June 2008
- Akaka Cheers Enactment of 21th Century GI Bill [June 30, 2008]
- Senate Committee Approves Omnibus Veterans Health Legislation [June 26, 2008]
- Senate Committee Passes Legislation Ensuring Federal Retirement Equity in Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Territories [June 25, 2008]
- Committee Approves Akaka Non-Foreign AREA Act and SES Diversity Assurance Act [June 25, 2008]
- Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee to Hold Markup Thursday [June 24, 2008]
- Statement on Passing of Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste [June 23, 2008]
- Akaka Calls for Swift Passage of Agreement on GI Bill [June 19, 2008]
- Senators React to GAO Report Revealing Vulnerabilities in Federal Building Security [June 18, 2008]
- Chairman Urges Careful Treatment of Veterans in VA Drug Testing [June 18, 2008]
- The Impact of High Oil Prices on the Island State of Hawaii [June 12, 2008]
- Akaka Clarifies Offset Provision in Veterans Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007 [June 4, 2008]
- Akaka holds hearing on VA's systemic indifference to invisible wounds
[June 4, 2008]
- Senate Passes Veterans' Mental Health Care Improvements [June 3, 2008]
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation Announces State to Receive $5.2 Million to Help Laid-off Airline Workers [June 2, 2008]
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