111TH LEGISLATION
111th Congress Legislation
Bills Enacted into Law
S. 407 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2009, in 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, to codify increases in the rates of such compensation that were effective as of December 1, 2008, and for other purposes. |
Bills Passed by the House
H.Res. 234 - Expressing support for designation of a "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day". |
H.Res. 360 - Urging all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit the national cemeteries, memorials, and markers on Memorial Day. |
H.R. 23, as amended - 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.. |
H.R. 402 - To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic". |
H.R. 466, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination and acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the uniformed services. |
H.R. 1016, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide advance appropriations authority for certain medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
H.R. 1037, as amended - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot project to test the feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of certain qualifying work-study activities under title 38, United States Code. |
H.R. 1088 - To 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. 1089, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the enforcement through the Office of Special Counsel of the employment and unemployment rights of veterans and members of the Armed Forces employed by Federal executive agencies, and for other purposes. |
H.R. 1170, as amended - To amend chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, to establish a grant program to encourage the development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing. |
H.R. 1171, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. |
H.R. 1172, as amended - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors. |
H.R. 1211, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
H.R. 1293 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services. |
H.R. 1377, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes. |
H.R. 1513 - To increase, effective as of December 1, 2009, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes. |
H.R. 2770, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify and update provisions of law relating to nonprofit research and education corporations, and for other purposes. |
H.R. 3155, as amended - To amend Title 38, United States Code, to provide certain caregivers of veterans with training, support, and medical care, and for other purposes. |
H.R. 3219, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to insurance and health care, and for other purposes. |
Bills ordered reported to the House
H.R. 952, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of 'combat with the enemy' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities. |
H.R. 1098, as amended - To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of educational assistance payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals pursuing internships or on-job training. |
H.R. 1821, as amended - To amend chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, to increase vocational rehabilitation and employment assistance, and for other purposes. |
H.R. 2180 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive housing loan fees for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities called to active service. |