A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance veterans' programs and the ability of the Department of Veterans Affairs to administer them.

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Introduced

29 January 2002

Last action

29 January 2002 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S236)

Summary

Revises Federal veterans' programs to: (1) include care for newborn children among medical services provided under the Department of Veterans Affairs health care program for an enrolled woman veteran; (2) require outpatient dental care for all former prisoners of war (currently, only those interned for at least 90 days); (3) set the pay for the Director of Nursing Service at the maximum rate payable to a Senior Executive Service member; (4) prohibit a veteran's honorable service certificate from being awarded on behalf of a veteran convicted of a Federal or State crime; (5) repeal a limitation on the number of non-career members serving in the Department; (6) repeal a requirement for at least five years of continuous Federal service prior to appointment as a Department Deputy Assistant Secretary; (7) allow the Department's operation and maintenance revolving supply fund to be used for medical supplies, equipment, and services for the Department of Defense; and (8) include Spanish or Latino individuals under the definition of a "minority group member" for purposes of the Department's Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans.

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Timeline

29 January 2002
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S236)
Source: IntroReferral
29 January 2002
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S236-238)
Source: IntroReferral
29 January 2002
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral

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Related records

related to ← Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2002

Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1905
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1905
us · 107-s-1905 · source updated 7 April 2025