Disabled Veterans to Congress

H.R.6362 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Protecting Benefits for ...

Specifically, the VA may make such a disability determination if a veteran has a service-connected disability rated at least 60%, or has two or more service- ...

118th Congress (2023-2024): Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act

Summary of H.R.2818 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act.

Veteran Legislative Issues: DAV-Backed Bills in Congress

DAV urges Congress to enact legislation to repeal the inequitable offset between rightfully earned longevity military retired pay and VA disability ...

Congress approves $3B lifeline to prevent delay in vet benefits

Senate lawmakers approved a $3 billion budget stopgap for the Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday, preventing a threatened delay in the delivery of some ...

Veterans in Congress - House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Veterans in Congress ... Currently, there are 82 Members in the U.S. House of Representatives who are veterans. ... Our veterans have borne the battle in defense of ...

Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by ...

Veterans will get a cost-of-living bump in their benefits next year after Congress passed annual legislation this week to guarantee the increase keeps pace ...

Bills Pending US Congress Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee

A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2024, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and ...

Why soaring veterans' benefits force Congress to scramble

Why 30% of military veterans get disability benefits, forcing Congress to scramble ... The seal for the Department of Veterans Affairs can be seen ...

House Passes Supplemental Bill to Address VA Shortfall

9468, House Republicans, led by my fellow veteran, Rep. Garcia, would ensure that no veteran's disability compensation or education benefits are ...

Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow ...

Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans who are losing ...

H.R. 8340, Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act

HR 8340 would exclude some benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs from applicants' income when calculating eligibility for the Department of ...

Advocates push for Congress to move long-stalled vets benefits fix

Editor's note: Due to a reporting error, this story originally contained an inaccurate description of how military and veterans disability ...

Disabled veterans push Congress on six critical policy issues - DAV

DAV also named Sen. Jon Tester, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, the recipient of the 2023 Veterans Champion Award.

Congressional and Legislative Affairs

Every Member of Congress represents Veterans, survivors, and caregivers and has a VA presence in their district and state.

H.R. 7480, Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act

The bill also would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to the Congress on how service-connected disability ...

Disabled veteran "lost" $158000 as change to benefits stalls ... - Reddit

Urge them to bring the Major Richard Star Act for a vote. This could dramatically change the lives of over 50,000 medically retired vets who ...

Congress Opposed Increasing Military Benefits To Disabled Veterans

Disabled Vets endured a crashing blow this year when the House Rule Committee declined the advancement of a measure to increase benefits to ...

Congress passes bill to help veterans with disabilities - WVEC

"I am proud the House will send to the President's desk this legislation to eliminate barriers that prevent veterans from receiving the care and ...

Bills Pending US Congress House Subcommittee on Disability ...

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to carry out programs to provide to certain veterans who are women a compensation ...

It's time for Congress to correct an injustice against combat-disabled ...

The current law unfairly reduces, dollar for dollar, DOD retirement by the amount of VA compensation military retirees receive with less than 20 ...