House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees markup pending Veterans legislation
Vietnam Veterans of America - Legislative Update
May 17, 2017
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Chairman Phil Roe, Ranking Majority Member
Chairman Tim Walz, Ranking Minority Member
The House Veterans Affairs Committee will be marking up the following bills on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 10:30am in 334 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Watch the 10:30am markup NOW at http://veterans.house.gov/calendar/even ... entID=1723 ;
H.R. 91, the Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act
H.R. 467, the VA Scheduling Accountability Act
H.R. 1005, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans
H.R. 1162, the No Hero Left Untreated Act
H.R. 1329, as amended, the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017
H.R. 1461, an amendment in the nature of a substitute, the VET Protection Act of 2017
H.R. 1545, the VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
H.R. 1662, to prohibit smoking in any facility of the Veterans Health Administration
H.R. 1725, as amended, the Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017
H.R. 1848, the Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017
H.R. 2288, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Chairman, Johnny Isakson, Ranking Majority Member
Chairman, Jon Tester, Ranking Minority Member
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will be holding a hearing/markup pending health and benefits legislation at 2:30pm on May 17, 2017 in room 418 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510
Watch the 2:30pm hearing/markup at https://www.veterans.senate.gov/hearings
VVA will submit a Statement for the Record for the Hearing
WITNESS LIST
Panel I
Jennifer S. Lee, M.D., Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Accompanied by:
Meghan Flanz, Acting General Counsel, Office of General Counsel
Donnie Hachey, Chief Counsel for Operations, Board of Veterans' Appeals
Dave McLenachen, Director of Appeals Management Office, Veterans Benefits Administration
Margaret Kabat, National Director, Caregiver Support Program, Veterans Health Administration
James Ruhlman, Assistant Director for Policy & Procedures, Veterans Benefits Administration
Phil Parker, Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction
Panel II
Louis J. Celli, Jr., Director, National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Division, The American Legion
Kayda Keleher, Associate Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Adrian Atizado, Deputy National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans
Allison Jaslow, Executive Director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
J. David Cox, National President, American Federation of Government Employees
SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS PENDING LEGISLATION
S. 23, Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2017 (Cassidy, Tester)
S. 112, Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act (Heller, Murray)
S. 324, State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017 (Hatch, Hirono, Boozman, Heller, Manchin, Murray, Rounds, Sanders, Tillis)
S. 543, Performance Accountability and Contractor Transparency Act of 2017 (Tester, Murray, Manchin)
S. 591, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2017 (Murray, Tester, Sanders, Brown, Blumenthal, Hirono, Manchin)
S. 609, Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017 (Moran, Tester, Blumenthal, Brown)
S. 681, Deborah Sampson Act (Tester, Boozman, Murray, Blumenthal, Brown)
S. 764, Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017 (Brown, Tillis)
S. 784, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017 (Isakson, Tester)
S. 804, Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act (Heller, Murray)
S. 899, Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran Transition Improvement Act (Hirono, Moran, Tester)
S. 1024, Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (Isakson, Blumenthal, Tester)
S. 1094, Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (Rubio, Tester, Isakson, Moran)
S. ___, Serving our Rural Veterans Act (Sullivan, Tester)
S. ___, Veteran Partners' Efforts to Enhance Reintegration Act (Blumenthal)
