Veterans’ Affairs

Bills and Resolutions that die.

12.30.07

With each day that I gain some more insight about VA related issues, I wonder how we ever got here. I’ve been doing alot of research on the bills that have been introduced to congress and there is a serious lack of consideration in many of the bills. It is fact that a majority of these bills will never see the light of day. Why, is the first question I ask myself. Now don’t get me wrong, there are many reasons for bills to be revamped, voted, studied, etc. That fact remains that many of these great bills will just fall to the way side after a period of two years. That’s right, if the bill is not approved by congress then it is cleared from the books and filed away.

I will list the bills that are now considered dead that were introduced by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

Bills and Resolutions Voted on in One Chamber, or Failed Passage

H.R. 23: Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007

H.R. 67: Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2007

H.R. 366: To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the “Ernest Childers Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic”.

H.R. 513: National Heroes Credit Protection Act

H.R. 612: Returning Servicemember VA Healthcare Insurance Act of 2007

H.R. 797: Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act of 2007

H.R. 1315: Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2007

H.R. 1470: Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act

H.R. 1642: Homeless Veterans Housing at Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center Promotion Act

H.R. 1660: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region.