UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Meeting to Consider Legislation Pending before the Committee

September 12, 2012

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Agenda 

I. S. 3340 (Murray) (Committee Print), Mental Health Access to Continued Care and Enhancement of Support Services (ACCESS) Act of 2012.  To improve the provision of mental health care to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to improve assistance to homeless veterans, to improve the provision of health care and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes.

II. S. 3322 (Sherrod Brown) (Committee Print), Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 2012.  To strengthen enforcement and clarify certain provisions of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, and for other purposes.    

III. S. 3313 (Murray) (Committee Print), Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvement Act of 2012.  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded veterans and their spouses, and for other purposes.

IV. S. 2259 (Tester), Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012.  To provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2012, in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

V. S. 2241 (Murray) (Committee Print), GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012.  To ensure that veterans have the information and protections they require to make informed decisions regarding use of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.

VI. S. 1707 (Burr), Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act.  To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.