MeetingCompleted
Business meeting to consider S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, S.410, to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses, S.649, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time duty, S.1116, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of certain additional burial benefits for individuals for whom an urn or plaque is furnished, S.1657, to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to deny the claim of a veteran for benefits under the laws administered by such Secretary on the sole basis that such veteran failed to appear for a medical examination associated with such claim, S.1665, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure veterans of secrecy oath programs receive the full benefits they have earned, S.1726, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the Department of Veterans Affairs definition of "medical services" includes medically necessary automobile adaptations, S.1868, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand access by veterans to critical access hospitals and affiliated clinics under the Veterans Community Care Program, S.2061, to require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces, S.2220, to expand presumptions of exposure by members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances, S.2264, to improve the emergency management capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.2309, to direct a physician or nurse practitioner employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the death of a veteran not later than 48 hours after such physician or nurse practitioner learns of such death, S.2328, to authorize the use of veterans educational assistance for examinations and assessments to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning, S.2333, to require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit supplementation of health records of deceased veterans, S.2397, to require implementation by the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain recommendations relating to the provision of health care through community care providers, S.2683, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer, S.2807, to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the applicability of the authority to reconsider decisions of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of the Army to inter remains or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery, S.2981, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of prosthetic and rehabilitative items and services by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.3033, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish partnerships between medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and medical facilities in rural areas, S.3119, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make temporary lodging facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs available for members of the Armed Forces, other individuals on active duty, and family members of such individuals on a space-available basis, S.3138, to amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in the medical services furnished to eligible veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S.3303, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish or enhance a community integration platform for services for veterans, to require the collection from veterans of information related to social determinants of health, S.3758, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make opioid overdose rescue medications available to veterans and their caregivers, and a committee resolution.
Mar 18, 20268:00 PM418, Russell Senate Office Building
BILLS. 1116Armed forces and national security
Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 1657Armed forces and national security
Review Every Veteran’s Claim Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
BILLS. 1665Armed forces and national security
OATH Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 1726Armed forces and national security
ASSIST Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 1868Armed forces and national security
Critical Access for Veterans Care Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2061Armed forces and national security
Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2220Armed forces and national security
Fighting for the Overlooked Recognition of Groups Operating in Toxic Test Environments in Nevada (FORGOTTEN) Veterans Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2264Armed forces and national security
Advancing VA’s Emergency Response to (AVERT) Crises Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2309Armed forces and national security
Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2328Armed forces and national security
Military Learning for Credit Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2333Armed forces and national security
Health Records Enhancement Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2397Armed forces and national security
CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2683Armed forces and national security
VSAFE Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2807Armed forces and national security
RESPECT Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 2981Armed forces and national security
Veterans Prosthetics Advancement and Reform Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
BILLS. 3033Armed forces and national security
Improving Access to Care for Rural Veterans Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 3119Armed forces and national security
Fisher House Availability Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
BILLS. 3138Armed forces and national security
Veterans SPORT Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 3303Armed forces and national security
LINC VA Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 342Armed forces and national security
Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 3758Armed forces and national security
End Veterans Overdose Act of 2026
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 410Armed forces and national security
Love Lives On Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
BILLS. 649Armed forces and national security
Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.