Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Writes the Senate's laws on veterans' benefits, including VA hospitals and medical care, disability pay and pensions. It also covers veterans' education and job training, life insurance and national cemeteries.
Writes the Senate's laws on veterans' health care, disability pay, pensions and education benefits.
WHAT IT DECIDES
VA health careDisability payPensionsEducation benefitsNational cemeteriesLife insurance
VA health careDisability payPensionsEducation benefitsNational cemeteriesLife insurance
ITS RECORD THIS CONGRESS
263 bills sent here. 61 came out.263 bills in. 61 came out.
REFERRED263
CAME OUT23%61
PASSED THE SENATE36%22
BECAME LAW59%13
23% came out, against a Senate average of 12%.
REFERRED
263
THIS CONGRESS
CAME OUT
61
23% OF PREVIOUS
PASSED THE SENATE
22
36% OF PREVIOUS
BECAME LAW
13
59% OF PREVIOUS
Bills can be sent to more than one committee. “Came out” means this committee voted to report it or was discharged from it, or the full Senate passed it.
BILLS WAITING HERE · 160
What the chair hasn’t taken up yetNot taken up yet
S. 5629 · SENT SEP 300 COSPONSORSS. 5629SENT SEP 30Allow veterans to seek second opinions after VA careTL;DR Patients may want another medical view after receiving care. The measure would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to let veterans seek a second opinion after receiving health care under laws the Secretary administers.Mike RoundsR-SDMike RoundsR-SD0 COSPONSORSS. 5591 · SENT SEP 291 COSPONSORSS. 5591SENT SEP 29Improve support for Veterans Crisis Line personnelTL;DR Veterans Crisis Line personnel handle work involving people in crisis. The bill would improve support for those personnel and clarify authorities related to crisis-response protocols. The title does not spell out the specific changes.Richard BlumenthalD-CTRichard BlumenthalD-CT1 COSPONSORS. 5585 · SENT SEP 291 COSPONSORSS. 5585SENT SEP 29Create a pilot program supporting military transition to civilian lifeTL;DR Moving from military service to civilian life can involve changes for service members and their families. The bill would require a pilot program to support them during that transition, though its specific services are not described here.Alex PadillaD-CAAlex PadillaD-CA1 COSPONSORS. 5582 · SENT SEP 291 COSPONSORSS. 5582SENT SEP 29Reauthorize and improve grants for Student Veteran CentersTL;DR INSUFFICIENT_DATAJacky RosenD-NVJacky RosenD-NV1 COSPONSORS. 5581 · SENT SEP 291 COSPONSORSS. 5581SENT SEP 29Change calculation of VET TEC participants' employment rateTL;DR Employment rates are one way to describe job outcomes for veterans in career-training programs. The bill would change how the Department of Veterans Affairs calculates the average employment rate for veterans in the VET TEC high technology program, with the stated aim of improving the calculation.Jacky RosenD-NVJacky RosenD-NV1 COSPONSOR
MEMBERS · 19
In seniority order, so you can see who’s next in lineBy seniority, so you see who’s next in line
REPUBLICANS10 SEATS
1Jerry MoranKSCHAIR2John BoozmanAR3Bill CassidyLALOST PRIMARY4Thom TillisNCRETIRING5Dan SullivanAK6Marsha BlackburnTN7Kevin CramerND8Tommy TubervilleALRUNNING FOR GOV.9Jim BanksIN10Tim SheehyMTDEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS9 SEATS
1Richard BlumenthalCTRANKING2Patty MurrayWA3Bernie SandersVT4Mazie K. HironoHI5Maggie HassanNH6Angus S. King, Jr.ME7Tammy DuckworthIL8Ruben GallegoAZ9Elissa SlotkinMIWHERE THEY’RE FROM19 STATES
AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL
Darker means more members. 19 states have 1 each.
WHAT IT HANDLES
Mostly military and national security
Military and national security25597%
Government operations10.4%
Tribal affairs10.4%
Other62.3%
HEARINGS AND MARKUPS
When it meets
27
hearings this Congress
8
markups
A markup is where members amend a bill and vote to send it to the floor.
Nothing scheduled yet. Committees post meetings about a week ahead.
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