S-1982 : 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, and
  • 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;
  • the revision of certain rights under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, including protections with respect to the expiration of professional licenses, a prohibition on the denial of credit or the termination of residential leases due to military service, and the temporary protection of surviving spouses under mortgage foreclosures; and
  • outreach and miscellaneous matters, including: (1) 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, and (2) the accounting for discretionary accounts designated for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2014-02-27FloorMotion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment (SA 2767) fell when the bill was committed in Senate. (consideration: CR S1209-1210)Senate
2014-02-27FloorCommitted to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs pursuant to Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act.Senate
2014-02-27FloorPoint of order against the measure was sustained.Senate
2014-02-27VoteMotion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 41. Record Vote Number: 46. (consideration: CR S1210)Senate
2014-02-27VoteMotion to table the motion by Senator Reid to commit the bill (S. 1982) to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 2767 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 52. Record Vote Number: 45. (consideration: CR S1209-1210)Senate
2014-02-27FloorMotion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure made in Senate.Senate
2014-02-27FloorPoint of order against the measure raised in Senate.Senate
2014-02-27FloorConsidered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1194-1210)Senate
2014-02-26FloorCloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1168; text: CR S1168)Senate
2014-02-26FloorMotion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs with instructions that the committee report back forthwith with an amendment (SA 2767) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1168)Senate
2014-02-26FloorMeasure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S1168)Senate
2014-02-26FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1168)Senate
2014-02-26FloorMotion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S1144-1168)Senate
2014-02-25VoteCloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 44. (consideration: CR S1027; text: CR S1027)Senate
2014-02-25FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1011-1013, S1020-1039)Senate
2014-02-24FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S978)Senate
2014-02-12FloorCloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S940; text: CR S940)Senate
2014-02-12FloorMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S936, S940)Senate
2014-02-04CalendarsRead the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 301.Senate
2014-02-03CalendarsIntroduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.Senate
2014-02-03IntroReferralIntroduced 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
  • Administrative remedies
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Advisory bodies
  • Alternative treatments
  • 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
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • 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 lending and loan guarantees
  • 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
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Interest, dividends, interest rates
  • Judicial review and appeals
  • 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 and disadvantaged businesses
  • Minority health
  • National Guard and reserves
  • Neurological disorders
  • Nutrition and diet
  • Performance measurement
  • Physical fitness and lifestyle
  • Prescription drugs
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Research administration and funding
  • Retail and wholesale trades
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Sex and reproductive health
  • 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
  • Women's health
  • Arizona
  • Asia
  • California
  • Caribbean area
  • Connecticut
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Illinois
  • Kansas
  • Laos
  • Louisiana
  • Massachusetts
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Philippines
  • Puerto Rico
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Thailand
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Veterans Affairs

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