FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Contact: Amanda Maddox, 202-224-7777
Camlin Moore, 202-224-9126
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Isakson to Hold Hearing on Veterans’ Health, Benefits, Accountability Legislation
WASHINGTON – The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. on pending legislation to improve veterans’ health care, benefits, homelessness prevention and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) accountability.
The committee will consider the following proposed legislation at the hearing:
S.242 Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now (WINGMAN) Act (Cassidy, Boozman, Brown, Rounds, Sullivan, Tillis)
S.624 A bill to allow service members to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed. (Cantwell)
S.1072 Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2017 (Burr, Blumenthal, Hirono, Manchin, Tester)
S.2038 Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 (Moran, Blumenthal, Brown, Tester)
S.2097 State Veterans Home Program Improvement Act of 2017 (Tester, Heller)
S.2105 A bill to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era. (Boozman, Heller)
S.2107 Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act (Heller, Cassidy, Manchin)
S.2131 VA Newborn Emergency Treatment Act (Murray, Tester)
S.2247 A bill to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable. (Heller, Tester)
S.2248 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries. (Tester, Heller)
S.2294 Securing Electronic Records for Veterans’ Ease Act of 2017 (Blumenthal)
S.2304 Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act of 2018 (Tillis, Heller, Manchin, Sullivan, Tester)
S.2341 Veteran Debt Fairness Act of 2018 (Tester, Blumenthal, Brown, Boozman)
S.____ A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish organ transplant care to veterans at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities (Cassidy)
S.____ A bill to provide additional protections for our veterans (Grassley)
S.____ A bill to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks (Isakson)
S.____ Accountability in Department of Veterans Affairs Scheduling and Consult Management Act(Tester)
S.____ Department of Veterans Affairs Senior Executive Accountability Act of 2017 (Tillis)
WHO: Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
WHERE: 418 Russell Senate Office Building
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at 2:30 p.m.
WHAT: Pending Legislation Hearing
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The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., in the 115th Congress. Isakson is a veteran himself – having served in the Georgia Air National Guard from 1966-1972 – and has been a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs since he joined the Senate in 2005. Isakson’s home state of Georgia is home to more than a dozen military installations representing each branch of the armed services as well as more than 750,000 veterans.
