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United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2020
This bill directs the Department of Defense to submit a report to Congress on all threats to the U.S. Armed Forces and U.S. personnel from Russia and its associated agents, entities, and proxies.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2020
VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability Act This bill directs the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to update interoperable electronic health record systems to include certain information about deployments. Specifically, the records must include the following information: (1) whether a member or veteran of the Armed Forces was deployed outside of the United States, (2) the number of such deployments, (3) the length of each such deployment, and (4) whether the member or veteran served in a theater of combat operations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2020
This bill modifies statutory requirements related to certain procedures limiting the retention of communications incidentally acquired during an intelligence activity. Specifically, the bill removes a requirement that such procedures must permit the acquisition, retention, and dissemination of such communications. (An existing executive order authorizes intelligence community agencies to collect, retain, and disseminate incidentally obtained information that may indicate involvement in activities that may violate federal, state, local or foreign laws.)
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2020
Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act This bill adjusts the amount that the Department of Veterans Affairs pays to surviving spouses and children of veterans who were rated as totally disabled for a period of less than 10 years before their death. Additionally, the bill authorizes the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses who remarry after the age of 55.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2020
Parris Island Protection Act This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to close or realign Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, or to conduct any planning or other activity related to such closure or realignment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2020
National Center for the Advancement of Aviation Act of 2020 This bill establishes the National Center for the Advancement of Aviation as a federally chartered entity to serve as a national independent forum to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between aviation and aerospace stakeholders for the purpose of supporting and promoting civil and military aviation and aerospace in order to address the demands and challenges associated with ensuring a safe and vibrant national aviation system. In furtherance of that purpose, the center must focus on the development and sustainability of a well-qualified, well-trained civil and military aviation and aerospace workforce; conduct of research and development of new aviation and aerospace training materials and products; coordination of the dissemination of grants for the development of aviation and aerospace oriented high school STEM education curriculum; facilitation of collaboration between institutions of higher education or other research institutions engaged in aviation, aerospace or related research or technical development, including those institutions designated as Centers of Excellence or Test Centers of the Federal Aviation Administration and aviation and aerospace stakeholders; and engagement in other workforce development activities consistent with addressing the demands and challenges facing the aviation and aerospace industry.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2020
Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act of 2020 This bill revises requirements for the food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to allow direct certification of dependent children in households of active duty members of the Armed Forces for the school meal programs. State agencies must establish procedures to certify child dependents of active duty members whose income does not exceed 185% of the federal poverty line for the school meal programs.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2020
Compact Federal District Act This bill cedes certain portions of the District of Columbia to Maryland while retaining particular portions of the District (the Federal District) under the exclusive legislative authority and control of Congress to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government. Maryland must accept this retrocession for it to take effect. The Federal District shall consist of a designated geographic area and specified properties including, the principal federal monuments; the White House; the U.S. Capitol; the U.S. Supreme Court Building; the federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the U.S. Capitol; and the Frances Perkins Building, including any portion of it north of D Street NW. The bill also maintains the federal government's authority over military lands and specified other property. In addition, the bill (1) applies current Maryland criminal laws and laws that regulate Maryland vehicular traffic to the Federal District, (2) continues pending judicial proceedings, and (3) repeals requirements providing for participation of the seat of the federal government in elections of the President and Vice President. The bill also temporarily continues certain federal authorities and responsibilities that pertain to the District of Columbia, including regarding employee benefits, agencies, courts, and college tuition assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2020
Toxic Exposure in the American Military Act of 2020 or the TEAM Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to address health care, research, and resources for veterans who were exposed to burn pits or toxic substances during their military service, including by expanding eligibility for VA hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2020
This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the Navy should name the next Virginia-class submarine the USS Wisconsin .
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Production Act This bill requires the President to, within one day, exercise certain authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to obtain supplies necessary to distribute and administer COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines. That act confers on the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods for the national defense. The President must allocate these supplies based on requests from governors and the needs of the states as determined by the population of each state. The bill's directive to use these authorities terminates when all requests from the states have been fulfilled. Supplies that have been produced but are unused at that time must be deposited into the Strategic National Stockpile.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act This bill revises the Impact Aid Program application process for FY2022. It also revises FY2021 allocations under the Migrant Education Program. First, the bill requires local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the Impact Aid Program to use the student count or federal property valuation data from their FY2021 program applications, as applicable, for their FY2022 program applications. The program provides funding to LEAs that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or to those that have experienced increased expenditures due to enrollment of federally connected children (e.g., children living on Indian lands or military bases). In addition, the bill directs the Department of Education to use school year 2018-2019 data or school year 2019-2020 data, whichever is greater, for making FY2021 allocations to states under the Migrant Education Program. States use these program funds to identify eligible migratory children and provide them with education and support services.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
This resolution condemns Azerbaijan's military operations in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region also known as Artsakh, and denounces Turkey's participation in the conflict. The resolution reaffirms U.S. support of efforts to secure an agreement from Azerbaijan to cease military operations against Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
Promoting Careers in Aviation for America's Veterans Act of 2020 This bill modifies the treatment of reimbursed flight training expenses for tax deduction purposes and in relation to educational assistance benefits for veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
Attacks on Free Press Transparency Act This bill establishes an electronic system within the Department of Justice for members of the press to file complaints alleging misconduct by law enforcement agencies and officers. Law enforcement agencies must respond to complaints within 60 days as a condition of receiving certain funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program and participating in the Department of Defense program related to surplus military equipment (known as the 1033 program).
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
Pandemic Assistance for Student Veterans Act of 2020 This bill addresses the administration of educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in relation to the COVID-19 emergency, Specifically, the VA must provide educational assistance, including housing stipends and allowances, to individuals who are negatively affected by the COVID-19 emergency. The bill ensures that entitlement to educational assistance will not be charged or counted against the aggregate period in situations where an individual was unable to complete a course or program due to the COVID-19 emergency. The VA must treat an individual's withdrawal from a program of education due to COVID-19 between March 1, 2020, and December 21, 2021, as a mitigating circumstance and not charge the individual's educational assistance entitlement. The bill modifies the time limitation for use of Montgomery Bill benefits or vocational rehabilitation benefits during the pandemic so the window of eligibility does not expire during the COVID-19 emergency. Additionally, the bill adjusts the administration of certain benefits for veterans participating in an apprenticeship or other on-job training during the period between March 1, 2020, and December 21, 2021, including by proportionately reducing the 120-hour monthly training requirement to reflect an individual's period of unemployment without a reduction in training assistance. The bill expands educational assistance to include programs or courses of education at training establishments (e.g., establishment providing apprentice or other on-job training) during the COVID-19 emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
Guaranteeing Israel's QME Act of 2020 This bill requires the President to seek to consult with appropriate officials of the Israeli government before making a determination that the sale or export of defense articles or services to a country in the Middle East will not adversely affect Israel's qualitative military edge. The President must also submit a determination with regard to the impact on Israel's qualitative military edge of fulfilling a letter of request for defense articles or defense services sent by a country in the Middle East.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
This resolution honors the life of Dr. Frank Erdman Boston as a World War I veteran, military surgeon, community doctor, and founder of the Elm Terrace/Abington Lansdale Hospital and the Volunteer Medical Service Corps.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
Passports for Purple Hearts Act This bill exempts Purple Heart recipients from fees associated with obtaining a passport.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID-19 Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to get a medical opinion to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or contributory cause of death in situations where the death certificate of a veteran with a service-connected disability who has filed a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (1) identifies COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as the principal or contributory cause of death, and (2) does not clearly identify the service-connected disability as the principal or contributory cause of death.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
Know Your Vets Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces who is separating or retiring from service may elect to have DOD transmit their name and contact information to accredited veterans service officers based on the post-separation mailing address they provided. An accredited veterans service officer is a person who has been recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for purposes of preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims for VA benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report on its policies and procedures relating to the usage and placement of security cameras throughout VA medical centers and the role such cameras play in securing the medical center and maintaining patient privacy and safety.
United States · United States House of Representatives · 30 September 2020
United States · United States Senate · 30 September 2020
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2020
Protect Brave Whistleblowers Act of 2020 This bill expands protections for whistle-blowers, including by modifying the elements for certain criminal offenses involving espionage, expanding the entities and individuals who may receive disclosures containing classified information, and providing an affirmative defense for certain conduct.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2020
Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act of 2020 This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report on foreign interference in U.S. elections and requires the President to impose sanctions if such interference occurred and the government of Russia was responsible. Such sanctions shall include (1) blocking the assets of certain Russian state-owned financial institutions; (2) prohibiting new investments by a U.S. entity or individual in Russia's energy sector or any Russian energy company, and imposing sanctions on a foreign entity or individual that makes such an investment; (3) blocking the assets of entities in Russia's defense and intelligence sectors; (4) prohibiting U.S. entities and persons from engaging in transactions in Russian sovereign debt; (5) blocking the assets of certain senior political figures and oligarchs in Russia who contributed to such interference; and (6) excluding such political figures and oligarchs from entering the United States. Additionally, the President must make various reports, including on foreign interference in elections and the net worth of certain Russian officials.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2020
Veterans' Sentinel Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program establishing a working group in the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention to collect and analyze data regarding on-campus (i.e., on VA property) suicides and on-campus attempted suicides by veterans. The working group is authorized to implement improvements to the process by which the VA collects data related to on-campus suicides to unify the disparate sources of such data. The VA must annually brief Congress regarding the progress and findings of the working group. The bill requires the VA to (1) annually evaluate the statistical trends of suicides and attempted suicides by veterans that occur on VA property, and (2) determine recommendations for preventing such suicides and attempted suicides. Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report on (1) the actions the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention has taken to meet the priority objective of the VA with respect to preventing veteran suicide, (2) the challenges the office has faced in making such actions, and (3) recommendations for improvements.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2020
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the National Security Agency's bulk collection telephone records program was unconstitutional and that the federal charges against Edward Snowden for disclosing information about the program should be dropped.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2020
Veteran Engagement Through Electronic Resources and Notifications Study Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit a report on the Veteran Engagement Through Electronic Resources and Notifications Study, which is a pilot program under which veterans who have recently undergone surgery related to atrial fibrillation utilize VA-issued smart watches to monitor their heart health.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2020
This resolution expresses support for the designation of September 30, 2020, as National Veterans Suicide Prevention Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2020
Combating Bias in Military Promotions Act This bill requires that certain personal information be withheld from military promotion selection boards for commissioned officers of the Armed Forces. Specifically, the information provided to a promotion selection board may not include an officer's name, sex, age, race, or photograph.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2020
This resolution designates October 30, 2020, as a national day of remembrance for workers of the nuclear weapons program, including uranium workers.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
This bill extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide educational assistance through December 21, 2021, for programs of education that have been converted to distance learning due to an emergency or health-related situation. Such assistance includes monthly housing stipends or subsistence allowances.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
VA Community Care Wait Time Transparency Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a goal for the maximum number of days between the date on which a veteran requests an appointment for medical care and the date on which the appointment occurs. Such a goal shall apply to medical care furnished by the VA via non-VA and VA providers for both new and returning patients. The VA must publish on a public website the average wait times for new and returning patients seeking care under the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP) and the percentage of appointments for care under the VCCP that occur within the number of days specified for the wait time access standard.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
Protecting Apprenticeship Training for Veterans Act This bill adjusts the administration of certain benefits for veterans participating in an apprenticeship or other on-job training during the period between March 1, 2020, and December 21, 2021, including by proportionately reducing the 120-hour monthly training requirement to reflect an individual's period of unemployment without a reduction in training assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
Protecting National Security in Financial Investments Act This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine whether issuers of securities must disclose investments in certain persons reasonably believed to be involved, or to pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved, in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. The Department of State must annually submit to Congress a list of Chinese entities associated with specified military activities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
Military Installation Non-Adult Offender Reform Act or the MINOR Act This bill directs the Department of Defense to enter into memoranda of understanding with state and local jurisdictions to allow a minor who commits a criminal offense on a federal military installation to be referred to the state or local prosecutor for adjudication.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
Restoring Education Access for Student Veterans Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide certain educational assistance benefits, including housing stipends and allowances, to individuals who are negatively affected by the COVID-19 emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
TRICARE Retiree Protection Act This bill authorizes a covered beneficiary who is enrolled in TRICARE Select to reenroll in TRICARE Select at any time during 2021. Covered beneficiaries are those in the retired category who enrolled in TRICARE Select as of December 31, 2020, but did not establish a monthly enrollment fee payment during the 2020 TRICARE Open Season. A covered beneficiary who reenrolls in TRICARE Select must, at the time of enrollment, pay a portion of the annual enrollment fee and establish a monthly enrollment fee payment for the remaining months of 2021.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
USACE Military Augmentation Act of 2020 This bill expands the types of Army personnel entitled to receive certain pay and allowances while assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers on nonmilitary public works projects. Currently, regular Corps officers and reserve Army officers assigned to the Corps are entitled to receive pay and allowances from funds appropriated for the project that they are working on. The bill also entitles warrant officers and enlisted members of the Army, whether regular or reserve, to receive such pay and allowances when assigned to the Corps.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
Values in Arms Export Act of 2020 This bill establishes monitoring, oversight, and other measures to ensure the use of defense articles and defense services acquired by designated countries of concern does not violate human rights or the law of armed conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020
Delivering Optimally Urgent Labor Access for Veterans Affairs Act of 2020 or the DOULA for VA Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year pilot program to furnish doula services to pregnant veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system. The program must furnish doula services through eligible entities by expanding the VA's Whole Health model to measure the impact that doula support services have on birth and mental health outcomes of pregnant veterans. The Whole Health model is a holistic approach that looks at the many areas of life that may affect health in order to make a health plan suited for each individual based on his or her health goals.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2020
This resolution supports the designation of Disabled American Veterans Day and acknowledges that Disabled American Veterans chapters demonstrate their unending commitment to ill and injured veterans of all generations and conflicts.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2020
Battleship Iowa National Museum of the Surface Navy Act of 2020 This bill designates the Battleship USS Iowa Museum located in Los Angeles, California, as the National Museum of the Surface Navy.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2020
West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2020 This bill requires that land use revenues received by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with the use of an easement, certain leases, or third-party land use at the VA's West Los Angeles Campus in Los Angeles, California, be used exclusively for specified purposes on campus. The bill prescribes that such revenues be used exclusively for the renovation and maintenance of the land and facilities at the campus; supporting construction, maintenance, and services at the campus relating to temporary or permanent supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families; implementing minor construction projects at the campus; or implementing community operations at the campus that support the development of emergency shelter or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2020
USACE Military Augmentation Act of 2020 This bill expands the types of Army personnel entitled to receive certain pay and allowances while assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers on nonmilitary public works projects. Currently, regular Corps officers and reserve Army officers assigned to the Corps are entitled to receive pay and allowances from funds appropriated for the project that they are working on. The bill also entitles warrant officers and enlisted members of the Army, whether regular or reserve, to receive such pay and allowances when assigned to the Corps.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2020
Battleship Iowa National Museum of the Surface Navy Act of 2020 This bill designates the Battleship USS Iowa Museum located in Los Angeles, California, as the National Museum of the Surface Navy.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2020
Acting on the Annual Duplication Report Act of 2020 This bill establishes requirements to facilitate the implementation of recommendations made in the annual reports of the Government Accountability Office on reducing duplications, fragmentation, and overlap in federal programs. Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must prescribe certain standards for the security of tax return information and information technology systems. The bill also establishes a penalty for authorized providers of electronic filing services that fail to comply with electronic return security standards. Further, the Internal Revenue Service must develop an organizational plan to coordinate all aspects of its efforts to protect return information while it is being held or transmitted by authorized providers of electronic filing services. The Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on aspects of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), including (1) the adequacy of Ginnie Mae's guarantee fee for single-family mortgage-backed securities, (2) the workforce composition and workforce challenges of Ginnie Mae, and (3) alternate ways of overseeing Ginnie Mae. Additionally, the Navy must submit a specified report after identifying a critical operating and support cost estimate breach in a major defense ship acquisition program.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2020
Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports Act of 2020 or the SAFEGUARD Act This bill establishes specified measures, such as the prohibition of arms sales to countries committing genocide or war crimes, to prevent the sale, export, or transfer of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries for use in violation of international humanitarian law or internationally recognized human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2020
Solid Start Act of 2020 This bill permanently authorizes and expands the Solid Start program, which is an outreach program for veterans in their first year of separation from the military. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to coordinate with the Department of Defense to collect updated contact information during transition classes or separation counseling for members of the Armed Forces who are separating from service, explain the existence and purpose of the program, call veterans at least twice within the first year of separation, publish information about the program in booklets and on the VA website, ensure calls are tailored to each veteran's needs by conducting quality assurance tests, and prioritize outreach to veterans who have accessed mental health resources prior to separation from the Armed Forces. Under the bill, the VA is authorized to (1) encourage members of the Armed Forces to provide additional contact information if they are unreachable following their separation, (2) follow up on missed phone calls, and (3) reach out to veterans who separated prior to the initiation of the Solid Start program. The Government Accountability Office must assess and report on the Solid Start program.