S-1950 : Still Just a Bill

Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends federal veterans provisions to revise or add provisions concerning medical services and other benefits provided to veterans and/or their dependents through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) relating to the following areas:

  • survivor and dependent matters, including benefits for children of certain veterans born with spina bifida;
  • education matters, including the approval of courses for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force and the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance programs;
  • the expansion and extension of certain health care benefits, including immunizations, chiropractic care, treatment for traumatic brain injury, and wellness promotion;
  • health care administration, including extension of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program;
  • complementary and alternative medicine;
  • mental health care, including an education program and peer support program for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders;
  • dental care eligibility and expansion, including a program of education to promote dental health in veterans;
  • health care related to sexual trauma, including appropriate counseling and treatment and a screening mechanism to detect incidents of domestic abuse;
  • reproductive treatment and services, including fertility counseling as well as adoption assistance for severely wounded veterans;
  • major medical facility leases;
  • veterans' employment training and related services;
  • veterans' employment, including within the federal government and as first responders;
  • career transition services;
  • employment and reemployment rights of members of the Armed Forces after active duty service;
  • small business matters, including contracting and subcontracting participation goals with federal departments and agencies;
  • administrative matters, including regional support centers for Veterans Integrated Service Networks;
  • the revision of claims based on military sexual trauma as well as claims for dependency and indemnity compensation;
  • jurisdictional matters, including with respect to the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; and
  • outreach and miscellaneous matters, including repeal of the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2014-02-04FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S736)Senate
2014-02-04FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S707)Senate
2014-02-03FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S665)Senate
2014-01-30FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S611-613)Senate
2014-01-29FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S557-559)Senate
2014-01-27CalendarsRead the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.Senate
2014-01-16CalendarsIntroduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.Senate
2014-01-16IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Bernard Sanders [I] (VT)
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Policy Area :

Armed Forces and National Security
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  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advisory bodies
  • Appropriations
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Building construction
  • Cemeteries and funerals
  • Child health
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional officers and employees
  • Congressional operations and organization
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional tributes
  • Consumer affairs
  • Crime victims
  • Crimes against women
  • Dental care
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Education programs funding
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health care quality
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Hearing, speech, and vision care
  • Hereditary and development disorders
  • Home and outpatient care
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • Hospital care
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Inflation and prices
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Marriage and family status
  • Medical education
  • Medical research
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Members of Congress
  • Mental health
  • Military education and training
  • Military facilities and property
  • Military medicine
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • Minority health
  • National Guard and reserves
  • Neurological disorders
  • Nursing
  • Performance measurement
  • Prescription drugs
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Research administration and funding
  • Retail and wholesale trades
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Sex offenses
  • Small business
  • State and local government operations
  • Student aid and college costs
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • Unemployment
  • User charges and fees
  • Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
  • Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
  • Veterans' medical care
  • Veterans' organizations and recognition
  • Veterans' pensions and compensation
  • Vocational and technical education
  • Water quality
  • Arizona
  • Asia
  • California
  • Caribbean area
  • Connecticut
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Illinois
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Massachusetts
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Puerto Rico
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Thailand
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Veterans Affairs

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