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Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014
Everywhere this bill has been
21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2014
Motion 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)
Feb 27, 2014
Committed to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs pursuant to Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act.
Feb 27, 2014
Point of order against the measure was sustained.
Feb 27, 2014
Motion 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)
Feb 27, 2014
Motion 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)
Feb 27, 2014
Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure made in Senate.
Feb 27, 2014
Point of order against the measure raised in Senate.
Feb 27, 2014
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1194-1210)
Feb 26, 2014
Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1168; text: CR S1168)
Feb 26, 2014
Motion 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)
Feb 26, 2014
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S1168)
Feb 26, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1168)
Feb 26, 2014
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S1144-1168)
Feb 25, 2014
Cloture 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)
Feb 25, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1011-1013, S1020-1039)
Feb 24, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S978)
Feb 12, 2014
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S940; text: CR S940)
Feb 12, 2014
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S936, S940)
Feb 4, 2014
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 301.
Feb 3, 2014
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Feb 3, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Amendments to this bill
61
Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.
| Amendment | Sponsor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SAMDT 2,769 | — | Fell |
| SAMDT 2,768 | — | Fell |
| SAMDT 2,767 | — | Fell |
| SAMDT 2,766 | — | Fell |
| SAMDT 2,747 | Sanders, Bernard | Fell |
| SAMDT 2,804 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,803 | Warren, Elizabeth | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,802 | Boozman, John | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,801 | Blumenthal, Richard | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,800 | Blumenthal, Richard | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,799 | Blumenthal, Richard | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,798 | Blumenthal, Richard | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,797 | Blumenthal, Richard | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,796 | Bennet, Michael F. | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,795 | Shaheen, Jeanne | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,794 | Shaheen, Jeanne | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,793 | Shaheen, Jeanne | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,792 | Shaheen, Jeanne | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,791 | Shaheen, Jeanne | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,790 | Klobuchar, Amy | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,789 | Klobuchar, Amy | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,788 | Thune, John | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,787 | Thune, John | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,786 | Whitehouse, Sheldon | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,785 | Reed, Jack | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,784 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,783 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,782 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,781 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,780 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,779 | Collins, Susan M. | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,778 | Booker, Cory A. | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,777 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,776 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,775 | Shaheen, Jeanne | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,774 | Lee, Mike | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,773 | Lee, Mike | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,772 | Lee, Mike | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,771 | Lee, Mike | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,770 | Lee, Mike | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,765 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,764 | Baldwin, Tammy | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,763 | Collins, Susan M. | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,762 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,761 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,760 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,759 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,758 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,757 | — | Pending |
| SAMDT 2,756 | — | Pending |
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Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Motion 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)
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
18
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Klobuchar, Amy
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Baldwin, Tammy
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Kaine, Tim
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Coons, Christopher A.
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Markey, Edward J.
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Schumer, Charles E.
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Booker, Cory A.
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Cantwell, Maria
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Heinrich, Martin
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Merkley, Jeff
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Murray, Patty
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Reed, Jack
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Shaheen, Jeanne
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Blumenthal, Richard
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
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Hirono, Mazie K.
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Schatz, Brian
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
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