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107-hr-5647 107 hr 5647 To authorize the duration of the base contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to be more than five years but not more than seven years. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-16 2002-10-29 Became Public Law No: 107-254. House Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] VA R D000136 6 Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to authorize the base contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to have a term in excess of five years, but not more than seven years. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5647
107-hr-5675 107 hr 5675 21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-16 2002-11-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] CT D L000557 0 21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish a maximum specialist referral period (the period between a veteran's referral to a specialty clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs by a Department primary care physician and the actual appointment with a specialist); and (2) provide appropriate transportation to such appointments for qualified veterans.Requires the Secretary, in any case in which such period is exceeded or in which transportation was not so provided, to promptly provide for such care or transportation from a private source and to reimburse such source at an appropriate rate. Requires expedited reimbursement procedures.Directs the Secretary to include within standards of performance used for measuring Department medical care administration a standard of assessing improvements in appointment waiting times. 2025-08-19T17:28:05Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5675
107-hr-5610 107 hr 5610 Southern Nevada Veterans Medical Center Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-10 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] NV D B001231 0 Southern Nevada Veterans Medical Center Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct a major medical center in southern Nevada, consisting of a full-service patient care hospital, an outpatient clinic, and a comprehensive long-term care nursing home facility.Encourages the Secretary to: (1) co-locate the Veterans Affairs regional office at the site of such center; and (2) seek out partnerships with State and local governmental entities for sharing the cost of planning, land acquisition, construction, and maintenance of the center. 2025-08-19T17:30:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5610
107-hr-5590 107 hr 5590 Armed Forces Domestic Security Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-09 2002-12-02 Became Public Law No: 107-311. House Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8] NC R H001029 4 Armed Forces Domestic Security Act - Declares that a civilian order of protection (any court order issued for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person) shall have the same force and effect on a military installation as such order has within the jurisdiction of the court that issued the order. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5590
107-hr-5575 107 hr 5575 To amend titles 10 and 18, United States Code, and the Revised Statutes to remove the uncertainty regarding the authority of the Department of Defense to permit buildings located on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places in Federal, State, and local elections for public office. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-08 2002-10-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] IL R K000360 8 Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to make a building located on a military installation available for use as a polling place in any Federal, State, or local election for public office provided such use is limited to eligible voters who reside on that installation. Requires such building to continue to be made available for such use unless the Secretary notifies the appropriate State or local election officials of the reasons for discontinuing such availability. Authorizes a State to make a facility of the reserves available for such purpose, with the same continuation or notification requirement.Amends the Revised Statutes to deem the use of military installations or reserve facilities for polling purposes to be consistent with Federal voting rights law. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5575
107-hr-5576 107 hr 5576 Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Preceptor Pilot Program Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-08 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] MA D L000562 0 Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Preceptor Pilot Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a two-year pilot program to assess the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a nurse preceptor program at Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities . Requires that the program: (1) consist of a rigorous training program to develop nurse preceptors who will act as mentors to newly hired registered nurses; and (2) be conducted through facilities located in the Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 service region. 2025-08-19T17:32:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5576
107-hr-5545 107 hr 5545 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-03 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-43] CA R C000059 4 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial Act - Designates the memorial to former prisoners of war and members of the armed forces missing in action that is under construction at Riverside National Cemetery, California, as the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial. 2025-08-19T17:31:53Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5545
107-hr-5530 107 hr 5530 To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the right of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recover payments by third parties for costs of providing non-service-connected care to beneficiaries of such third parties. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-02 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 0 Includes third-party insurance providers participating in the Medicare program and any department or agency of the United States other than the Department of Veterans Affairs among the entities from which the Department shall be authorized to recover payments for the costs of providing certain non-service-connected medical care to veterans. 2025-01-02T16:53:27Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5530
107-hr-5533 107 hr 5533 Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-10-02 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-42] CA D B001234 11 Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) identify the current backlog of veterans' claims for benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs and to categorize those claims; and (2) identify claims that need further development and refer them to a geographically appropriate County Veterans Service Office. Allows veterans' claims to be submitted to County Veterans Service Officers (in lieu of the Department) and authorizes the Officers to fully develop such claims. Requires appropriate information sharing between the Department's Benefits Delivery Network and the Offices.Requires funding provided by this Act to be allocated to States based on their respective populations of veterans and allocates such funds to the appropriate Office. Prohibits Federal funding from exceeding 50 percent of the costs of Office operations. Allows funding to be used to establish Officer programs in States that do not have one. 2025-08-19T17:29:24Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5533
107-hr-5477 107 hr 5477 Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-26 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] WI D B001230 11 Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay special disability compensation due to a veteran's loss of paired organs when the veteran has suffered either: (1) blindness in one eye as a result of a service-connected disability and impairment of vision (currently, blindness) in the other eye as a result of a non-service-connected disability; or (2) total deafness in one ear as a result of a service-connected disability and hearing impairment (currently, total deafness) in the other ear as a result of a non-service-connected disability. 2025-08-19T17:30:38Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5477
107-hr-5454 107 hr 5454 Indigent Veteran Remembrance Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-25 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] IL D E000250 5 Indigent Veteran Remembrance Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program for the placement of a unique memorial each year in four cemeteries in the United States to honor the service in the armed forces of veterans who at their time of death were homeless or indigent.Requires the Secretary to carry out such program in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials. 2025-08-19T17:29:43Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5454
107-hr-5447 107 hr 5447 Women Discharged From the Military Due to Pregnancy Relief Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-24 2002-11-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. House Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] GA D M000523 1 Women Discharged From the Military Due to Pregnancy Relief Act of 2002 - Expresses the sense of Congress that women who served in the U.S. armed forces before February 23, 1976, should not have been involuntarily discharged due to pregnancy and expresses remorse for the women who endured unnecessary and discriminatory actions because they became pregnant while a member of the armed forces.Requires the Secretary of Defense to identify and pay each woman who was so discharged or separated between June 12, 1948, and February 23, 1976, an amount equal to the total pay and allowances that would have been due had such person not been involuntarily discharged.Directs the Secretary of Education to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the Federal student loan indebtedness of an offspring who was the cause of such a woman's discharge or separation.Makes health benefits provided as a result of military service available to such women and offspring.Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a single standard discharge code for such women.Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should establish policies to encourage such women to continue to serve the Nation. 2026-03-23T12:44:53Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5447
107-hr-5421 107 hr 5421 Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-19 2002-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] AR D R000573 40 Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture to use the existing property disposal program of the Forest Service (known as the Federal Excess Personal Property program) to facilitate the reutilization of Department of Defense (DOD) excess personal property by firefighting agencies in rural areas. Requires a DOD transfer of property for such purpose to be given a property disposal priority at least equal to the priority given the military departments and other entities within DOD. 2025-08-19T17:30:46Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5421
107-hr-5403 107 hr 5403 Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-18 2002-10-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] FL R M001144 199 Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Adjusts the basic Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity amount for surviving spouses, age 62 or over, of former military personnel to: (1) 35 percent of the retired pay of the decedent (current law), for months beginning on or before the enactment of this Act; (2) 40 percent of such pay, for months beginning after enactment of this Act until October 2005; (3) 45 percent of such pay for months beginning after September 2005 and before October 2012; and (4) 55 percent of such pay for months after September 2012.Adjusts similarly the percentage amounts of SBP supplemental annuity authorized to be provided for such surviving spouses.Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure appropriate adjustments in the computation of retired pay reductions for such supplemental annuities. 2025-08-19T17:30:48Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5403
107-hr-5388 107 hr 5388 To authorize the disinterment from the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg of the remains of Private Ray A. Morgan of Paris, Illinois, who died in combat in January 1945 in the Battle of the Bulge, and to authorize the transfer of his remains to the custody of his next of kin. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-17 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15] IL R J000285 0 Directs the Secretary of the Army and the American Battle Monuments Commission to authorize: (1) the next of kin of the late Ray A. Morgan to disinter his remains from the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg; and (2) the transfer of such remains to such next of kin. Prohibits the use of Federal funds for such disinterment and transfer. 2025-01-02T16:53:12Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5388
107-hr-5392 107 hr 5392 To amend title 38, United States Code, to enable the Department of Veterans Affairs to recover costs of medical care from third parties in the same manner as if the health care system of the Department were a preferred provider organization. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-17 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 1 Prohibits the absence of a participation agreement or other contractual arrangement entered into by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under a health-plan contract or with a preferred provider organization from being used to, or operating to, prevent, or reduce the amount of, any veterans' medical care cost recovery or collection by the United States. 2025-01-02T16:53:13Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5392
107-hr-5364 107 hr 5364 To support the public educational programs of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation by amending title 10 of the United States Code to elevate the status of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation to receive surplus military property. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-11 2002-10-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3] GA R C000640 0 Makes the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation (a nonprofit organization incorporated in Georgia) eligible to receive surplus military documents, historical artifacts, and condemned or obsolete material.Designates the Foundation as a service educational activity for purposes of the Department of Defense personal property donation program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to enter into a formal donation agreement with the Foundation. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5364
107-hr-5365 107 hr 5365 To support the public educational programs of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of Georgia, by amending title 32 of the United States Code to authorize the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation to receive National Guard services and assistance. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-11 2002-10-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3] GA R C000640 0 Makes the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization incorporated in Georgia, eligible to receive National Guard services and assistance generally provided to certain youth and charitable organizations in connection with National Guard training. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5365
107-hr-5366 107 hr 5366 To provide for the transfer of a Vietnam-era Cessna L-19D Bird Dog aircraft that is excess to the needs of the Department of State to Army Aviation Heritage Foundation. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-11 2002-09-11 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3] GA R C000640 0 Authorizes the Secretary of State to convey, without consideration, to the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a Vietnam-era Cessna L-19D Bird Dog aircraft (serial No. 24020, National registration number N32FL) that is excess to the needs of the Department of State. 2025-01-02T16:52:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5366
107-hr-5359 107 hr 5359 Veterans Outreach Protection Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-10 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] PA D K000008 27 Veterans Outreach Protection Act - Rescinds a Department of Veterans Affairs memorandum dated July 18, 2002, from the Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and management which requires directors of Department health service networks to ensure that no marketing activities for the enrollment of new veterans occur within their networks. 2025-08-19T17:29:31Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5359
107-hr-5353 107 hr 5353 Military Physician Equity Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-09 2002-10-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] MD R M000941 5 Military Physician Equity Act of 2002 - Provides that the military personnel retired or retainer pay base shall include specified percentages of any additional or special pay received as a medical, dental, and veterinary officer for an officer who has completed at least 15 years of military service before retirement. Makes the percentage of additional pay so realized 0 percent if the officer performed less than two years as a medical, dental, or veterinary officer before receiving such pay, with a gradual increase to 100 percent for officers who performed at least eight years in such a specialty before receiving such pay. Provides a special rule for officers receiving such additional pay after first becoming members after September 7, 1980.States that any such additional pay so recognized shall be retirement-creditable for purposes of the determination of disability retired pay as well as survivor annuities. 2025-08-19T17:33:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5353
107-hr-5355 107 hr 5355 To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit remarried surviving spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-09 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] NM R W000789 0 Makes all remarried surviving spouses of veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery. (Currently, such eligibility is permitted only for remarried former spouses whose subsequent marriage was terminated by death or divorce.) 2025-01-02T16:52:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5355
107-hr-5332 107 hr 5332 To provide for a pilot program to be conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to assess the benefits of providing for pharmacies of the Department of Veterans Affairs to fill prescriptions for drugs and medicines written by private physicians. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-09-04 2002-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] MA D L000562 0 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a two-year pilot program to assess the advantages and disadvantages of furnishing to veterans through Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacies drugs and medicines ordered on prescription of any duly licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of a veteran. Requires copayments for such drugs and medicines. 2025-01-02T16:53:12Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5332
107-hr-5250 107 hr 5250 Veterans Health Care Funding Guarantee Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-26 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 129 Veterans Health Care Funding Guarantee Act of 2002 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) make available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for programs, functions, and activities of the Veterans Health Administration for FY 2004 120 percent of the amount obligated during FY 2002; and (2) adjust the amount provided after FY 2004 based on the number of enrolled veterans and the number of others eligible for and provided care and the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index.Repeals, as of October 1, 2003, requirements for the prior congressional approval of funding for Department major medical facilities projects or leases. 2025-08-19T17:32:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5250
107-hr-5286 107 hr 5286 Veterans Prescription Drugs Access Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-26 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 3 Veterans Prescription Drugs Access Act of 2002 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish to a veteran enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs patient enrollment system such drugs and medicines on the Department formulary as may be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of such veteran. (Currently, other requirements must be met before such veterans will be furnished drugs and medicines on private practitioner prescriptions.) 2025-08-19T17:27:53Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5286
107-hr-5287 107 hr 5287 Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-26 2002-09-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] NC R J000255 7 Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act - Requires the United States to forgive any overpayment of military retired or retainer pay for any period after the date of death of the recipient through the last day of the month in which such death occurs if such payment is electronically deposited in an accredited financial institution to a joint account bearing the name of the decedent and the decedent's designated beneficiary. 2025-08-19T17:28:45Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5287
107-hr-5305 107 hr 5305 To authorize the disinterment from the Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France, of the remains of Private First Class Alfred J. Laitres, of Island Pond, Vermont, who died in combat in France on December 25, 1944, and to authorize the transfer of his remains to the custody of his next of kin. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-26 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] VT I S000033 0 Directs the Secretary of the Army and the American Battle Monuments Commission to authorize: (1) the next of kin of the late Alfred J. Laitres to disinter his remains from the Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France; and (2) the transfer custody of such remains to such next of kin. Prohibits the use of Federal funds for such disinterment and transfer. 2025-01-02T16:52:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5305
107-hr-5231 107 hr 5231 To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the required offset of certain military separation benefits by the amount of disability benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-25 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] VT I S000033 0 Repeals the requirement for a deduction from voluntary separation incentive payments by the Department of Defense of the amount of any veterans' disability compensation concurrently received by an individual. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5231
107-hr-5235 107 hr 5235 Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-25 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] ID R S001148 7 Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay special monthly compensation to each veteran who is a former prisoner of war and was detained or interned for at least 30 days. Provides various rates of payment, ranging from $150 for those detained for between 30 and 120 days to a maximum of $450 for those detained more than 540 days. States that such special compensation shall: (1) be in addition to any other authorized payments; and (2) shall not be considered income for purposes of eligibility under any Federal or federally assisted program.Prohibits the payment of veterans' disability compensation for any alcohol- or drug-related disability even if the abuse is secondary to a service-connected disability. 2025-08-19T17:32:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5235
107-hr-5195 107 hr 5195 Excellence in Military Service Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-24 2002-10-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] NC R C000556 1 Excellence in Military Service Act - Amends Federal law relating to the military, naval, air force, coast guard, and merchant marine academies to increase to eight years the period of obligated service of cadets and midshipmen in those academies, applying the new requirement to persons first admitted to the academies after December 31, 2002. 2025-08-19T17:30:44Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5195
107-hr-5196 107 hr 5196 National Naval Force Structure Policy Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-24 2002-09-30 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] VA R D000597 25 National Naval Force Structure Policy Act - States that it is U.S. policy to rebuild as soon as possible the size of the U.S. Navy fleet to no fewer than 375 vessels in active service, including 15 aircraft carrier battle groups and 15 amphibious ready groups. 2025-08-19T17:32:10Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5196
107-hr-5202 107 hr 5202 Veterans National Heritage Preservation Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-24 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] OH D H000074 2 Veterans National Heritage Preservation Act of 2002 - Makes it a mission and responsibility of the Department of Veterans Affairs to maintain its most significant historic buildings and to preserve them for future generations. Expresses the sense of Congress calling for the preservation and reuse of such buildings.Establishes in the Department an Office of Historic Preservation, headed by a Director with specified duties relating to the preservation of the Department's historic buildings.Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Veterans Heritage Preservation Fund for the preservation, renovation, and restoration of such buildings.Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements and leases, including enhanced-use leases, for restoring, rehabilitating, maintaining, interpreting, and promoting historic buildings.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a National Historic Landmark theme study at specified locations to identify sites, structures, and landscapes that best illustrate or commemorate key events at facilities managed by the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and the United States Veterans Bureau between 1865 and 1930. 2025-08-19T17:29:14Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5202
107-hr-5173 107 hr 5173 Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-22 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] MI R C000071 6 Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2002 - Authorizes an individual, during the year following enactment of this Act, to make an irrevocable election for entitlement to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill if such individual: (1) first became a member of the armed forces or entered active duty before July 1, 1985; (2) has served on active duty without a break in service; (3) has completed requirements of a secondary school diploma or the equivalent of 12 semester hours in a program leading to a standard college degree; and (4) is discharged or released from active duty honorably.Requires such individual's basic pay to be reduced, over an 18-month period, until the total reduction is $2,700, as a contribution toward such educational assistance. 2025-08-19T17:32:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5173
107-hr-5132 107 hr 5132 To express the sense of Congress concerning the fiscal year 2003 end strengths needed for the Armed Forces to fight the War on Terrorism. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-16 2002-11-04 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485. House Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] MO D S000465 2 Expresses the sense of Congress that, in light of the war against terrorism: (1) the increases in military personnel end strengths recommended by the Senate and House of Representative in their respective versions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 are appropriate and justified; (2) the President and Secretary of Defense should not reduce the number of members of the armed forces; and (3) the President should support such increased end strengths. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5132
107-hr-5117 107 hr 5117 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for the Department of Defense Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-15 2002-07-15 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for the Department of Defense - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) military personnel, Air Force; (2) operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense-wide; (3) the Defense Emergency Response Fund; (4) procurement for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide; and (5) research, development, test and evaluation for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense-wide.Permits the use of appropriated funds available for the V-22 to meet unique requirements of the Special Operations Forces.Authorizes the President to continue to provide assistance to Russia under cooperative threat reduction programs and the Freedom Support Act under an alternative certification requirement if such assistance is vital to U.S. national security interests.Authorizes the use of certain FY 2002 Department of Defense (DOD) funds for: (1) additional costs of international inspectors under chemical demilitarization programs; and (2) narcotics trafficking interdiction and anti-terrorism activities in Colombia.Appropriates funds for: (1) procurement of three MH-47 Chinook helicopters; and (2) chemical agent destruction at DOD facilities in Aberdeen, Maryland, and Newport, Indiana.Rescinds $59 million of procurement funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOD.Earmarks $100 million from the Defense Emergency Response Fund to reimburse foreign nations for goods, services, or use of facilities provided in direct support of U.S. military operations in the global war on terrorism (requiring notification of the congressional appropriations committees). 2025-08-19T17:32:27Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5117
107-hr-5127 107 hr 5127 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for payment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran who for at least one year preceding death had a combination of service-connected disabilities rated totally disabling that included a compensable service-connected cold-weather injury. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-15 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 1 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of deceased veterans whose last discharge or other release from active duty was before August 13, 1998, and whose disability: (1) was continually rated totally disabling for at least one year immediately preceding death; and (2) included a compensable cold-weather injury determined to be service-connected. 2025-01-02T16:52:36Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5127
107-hr-5111 107 hr 5111 Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-12 2002-07-25 Subcommittee Hearings Held. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 5 Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to rename the Act as the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act and to revise provisions with respect to certain civil protections and rights afforded to servicemembers while on active-duty assignment. Authorizes any servicemember to waive any of such rights and protections, pursuant to written agreement.Provides certain protections of servicemembers against default judgments, including a minimum 90-day stay of proceedings, with respect to the payment of any tax, fine, penalty, insurance premium, or other civil obligation or liability.Prohibits an eviction or distress from being made against a servicemember or his or her dependents during a period of military service for a premise for which rent does not exceed $1,700 (currently $1,200), except by court order. Prohibits: (1) rescinding or terminating for breach of contract during a period of military service a contract for the purchase or lease of real or personal property entered into prior to such service; and (2) a person holding a lien on property or effects of a servicemember from foreclosing or otherwise enforcing such lien (with penalties and protection for materially affected dependents) during a period of service and 90 days thereafter.Increases the total amount of life insurance coverage protection provided under the Act to $250,000, or an amount equal to the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance maximum limit, whichever is greater.Allows findings of fact and conclusions of law made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in administering the life insurance provisions of the Act to be reviewed by the Board of Veterans Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (not reviewable under current law). 2025-08-19T17:31:18Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5111
107-hr-5112 107 hr 5112 Veterans Emergency Assistance Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-12 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2] ME D B000081 9 Veterans Emergency Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to States for programs to assist veterans and their spouses and dependents suffering financial hardship as a result of an emergency. Prohibits any State from receiving more than five percent of the total funds appropriated, or more than $1 million, in any fiscal year. Defines an emergency as an illness or accident resulting in interruption or loss of employment, a fire or other disaster resulting in loss of a residence, or another event or condition as determined by a State. 2025-08-19T17:29:46Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5112
107-hr-5084 107 hr 5084 Department of Veterans Affairs Research Corporations Accountability Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-10 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-5] IN R B001203 0 Department of Veterans Affairs Research Corporations Accountability Act of 2002 - Requires annual reports from Department of Veterans Affairs research corporations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include: (1) a description of each funded, ongoing research project or activity; (2) the amounts controlled and amounts received by the corporation; and (3) an itemized accounting of all disbursements.Requires each corporation with a balance of funds of $300,000 or less during a year to obtain an independent audit at least every three years. Requires audit reports to state the amount and recipient of any payment or travel provided to any member of the board of directors. Requires the Department Inspector General to review the most recent audits of at least ten percent of all such corporations.Requires each annual report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees concerning such corporations to be based on the corporations' annual reports.Extends through 2006 the authority of the Secretary to establish such corporations. 2025-08-19T17:28:27Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5084
107-hr-5087 107 hr 5087 To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a two-year pilot project on medical care outreach for veterans in the State of Washington. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-10 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] WA D L000560 0 Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to assess providing health care and services for veterans in the State of Washington through outreach clinics. Requires: (1) each clinic to provide basic health services, including diagnosis and referral to other VA health care facilities; and (2) the Secretary to provide services at each selected clinic at least one day each week. 2025-01-02T16:52:36Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5087
107-hr-5071 107 hr 5071 Military Tribunals Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-09 2002-07-09 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-27] CA D S001150 2 Military Tribunals Act of 2002 - Authorizes the President to establish tribunals for the trial of individuals who: (1) are not U.S. persons or residents; (2) are members of the al Qaeda organization or other terrorist organizations who cooperated with the al Qaeda in planning, authorizing, committing, aiding, or abetting one or more terrorist attacks against the United States; and (3) are not prisoners of war. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe rules of evidence and procedure, incorporating specified requirements, to apply to the tribunals.Authorizes the President to direct the Secretary of Defense to detain individuals subject to such tribunals in accordance with such rules and international law of armed conflict.Provides for judicial review of tribunal decisions and detention determinations.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek the cooperation of U.S. allies and other nations in conducting investigations and prosecutions of such individuals.Requires the President to submit annual reports to Congress on the use of authority under this Act and on each individual subject to or detained for a tribunal. 2025-08-19T17:33:02Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5071
107-hr-5082 107 hr 5082 Veterans' Prescription Drug and Surviving Spouses Assistance Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-09 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6] OH D S001004 7 Veterans' Prescription Drug and Surviving Spouses Assistance Act of 2002 - Suspends, for five years, the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the required copayment for medication furnished to veterans on an outpatient basis for the treatment of non-service-connected disabilities.Increases the maximum annual rates of pensions for surviving spouses of war veterans. Amends the Social Security Act to exclude the amount of such rate increases from a surviving spouse's income for purposes of Medicaid (title XIX) eligibility. 2025-08-19T17:28:52Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5082
107-hr-5066 107 hr 5066 To amend title 37, United States Code, to limit the authority of the United States to recover, after a member of the uniformed services is retired or separated from the uniformed services, amounts of basic pay, allowances, bonuses, special pays, and other compensation erroneously paid to the member before the member's retirement or separation. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-07-08 2002-07-22 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Prohibits the Secretary of the military department concerned from recovering from a retired member of the armed forces or a person separated under other than adverse conditions any amount erroneously paid while such person was a member, when there has been no fault by the person to whom the erroneous amount was paid. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5066
107-hr-5042 107 hr 5042 Veterans' New Fitzsimons Health Care Facilities Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-27 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] CO R H000444 3 Veterans' New Fitzsimons Health Care Facilities Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility projects at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, including inpatient and outpatient facilities providing acute, sub-acute, primary, and long-term care services. 2025-08-19T17:29:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5042
107-hr-5055 107 hr 5055 To authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial honoring the World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-27 2002-07-23 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 6 Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial marker honoring veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge in the European theater of operations during World War II. 2025-04-07T13:40:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5055
107-hr-5060 107 hr 5060 Veterans Right-To-Know Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-27 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] CA D T000460 67 Veterans Right-To-Know Act of 2002 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to identify each developmental or operational test of the Department of Defense (DOD) involving chemical or biological weapons, or defense against such weapons, in which military personnel or civilians were or may have been exposed to actual or simulated hazardous agents, with or without their knowledge or consent.Requires the Comptroller General to establish within the General Accounting Office an Oversight Working Group on Biological and Chemical Testing to: (1) review DOD chemical and biological test activities that involved exposure to military personnel or civilians; (2) report to Congress information concerning Project SHAD (DOD tests to evaluate the effectiveness of shipboard detection and protective procedures against chemical and biological warfare agents) and Project 112 (DOD tests in and around Alaska using chemical and biological agents); (3) continue to review DOD investigations of any other cases of DOD chemical or biological testing; and (4) identify veterans and veterans organizations with significant information involving such test projects and seek to have that information made available to the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs.Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) notify any veterans who may have been exposed, with instructions on how to receive a health care evaluation; and (2) review declassified material to determine any lasting health effects that may have been incurred by exposed veterans. 2025-08-19T17:31:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5060
107-hr-5010 107 hr 5010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-25 2002-10-23 Became Public Law No: 107-248. House Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-40] CA R L000274 0 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 2003 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force.Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 2003 for operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) overseas contingency operations; (2) the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, and Air Force and defense-wide; (4) environmental restoration at formerly used defense sites; (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (6) former Soviet Union threat reduction; and (7) defense support for international sporting competitions.Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 2003 for procurement by the armed forces and reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) procurement of National Guard and reserve equipment; and (3) certain procurements under the Defense Production Act of 1950.Title IV: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 2003 for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) by the armed forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Defense Working Capital funds and programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund.Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Department of Defense (DOD) medical and health care programs; (2) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (3) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense; and (4) the Office of the Inspector General… 2026-01-07T12:41:36Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5010
107-hr-5011 107 hr 5011 Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2003 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-25 2002-10-23 Became Public Law No: 107-249. House Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7] OH R H000666 0 Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2003 - Appropriates funds for FY 2003 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction (including specified rescissions) for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction (including specified rescissions) and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; and (6) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990.Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts.(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.(Sec. 118) Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account.(Sec. 119) Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.(Sec. 121) Prohibits any entity from expending funds appropriated by this Act unless such entity agrees to comply with the Buy American Act.(Sec. 122) Expresses the sense of Congress that entities receiving assistance under this Act should expend such assistance only on American-made equipment and products.(Sec. 124) Prohibits this Act's funds from being … 2025-04-07T13:40:18Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5011
107-hr-4995 107 hr 4995 To ensure that members of the uniformed services receive annual pay raises at least equal to increases in the Employment Cost Index. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-21 2002-07-22 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-49] CA D D000598 0 Extends through FY 2013 a provision that guarantees an annual increase in the basic pay of military personnel by at least the percentage increase for Federal employees determined on the basis of the increase in the Employment Cost Index, plus one half percent. Requires, for FY 2014 and beyond, an annual increase by the same percentage as the increase for Federal employees, without regard to: (1) the one half percent reduction currently required for such Federal employees; and (2) whether Federal rates of pay are actually increased during that fiscal year. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4995
107-hr-4972 107 hr 4972 To clarify the effective date of the modification of treatment for retirement annuity purposes of part-time service before April 7, 1986, of certain Department of Veterans Affairs health-care professionals. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-20 2002-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] WI D B001230 43 Makes January 23, 2002, the effective date of the modification of treatment for retirement annuity purposes of part-time service performed before April 7, 1986, by certain health-care professionals of the Veterans Health Administration pursuant to the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001. 2025-01-02T16:52:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4972
107-hr-4936 107 hr 4936 Military Retiree Dislocation Assistance Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-13 2002-06-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1053) House Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] NC R J000255 1 Military Retiree Dislocation Assistance Act - Authorizes the payment of a primary dislocation allowance for a member of the armed forces who is retired, or placed on a temporary disability retired list, and whose dependents actually move from the member's last duty station to a home selected by the member. 2025-08-19T17:30:16Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4936
107-hr-4940 107 hr 4940 Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-13 2002-07-23 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] AZ R S001044 7 Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act - Allows the remains of the following persons to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery: (1) any member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty; (2) any retired member of the armed forces; (3) any member or former member of a reserve component of the armed forces who served on active duty, who was honorably discharged from active duty, who was under 60 years of age, and who, but for such age, would have been eligible for retired pay; (4) any former member who was separated for physical disability before October 1, 1949, who served on active duty, and who would have been eligible for disability retirement if such provisions had been in effect on such date; (5) any former member whose last active military service was terminated honorably and who has been awarded one of a number of specified military decorations; (6) any former prisoner of war who dies on or after November 30, 1993; (7) any reserve member who dies while on active duty for training or inactive duty training; (8) the President or any former President; (9) the spouse, surviving spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Cemetery's Superintendent, unmarried adult child of an interred member (but only if buried in the same grave site); (10) the spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member on active duty if such person dies while the member is on active duty; (11) the individual whose spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) is eligible under (10), above, but only if buried in the same grave site; (12) the parents of a minor child or unmarried adult child whose remains, based on the parent's eligibility, are already buried in the Cemetery, but only if buried in the same grave site; (13) the surviving spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member who was lost, buried at sea, or officially determined to be permanently absent in a status of missing or missing in action; and (14) the surviving spouse, minor … 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4940
107-hr-4914 107 hr 4914 Center for Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technology Development Authorization Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-12 2002-07-16 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38] CA R H000789 5 Center for Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technology Development Authorization Act of 2002 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 to direct the Secretary of Defense, in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation, and under a cooperative agreement with the Center for Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technology of California State University, Long Beach, to develop and deploy specified and related dual use transportation technologies for commercial and military applications. 2025-08-19T17:30:20Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4914
107-hr-4921 107 hr 4921 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize transportation on military aircraft on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected disability rated 100 percent. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-12 2002-07-16 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] FL R M001144 0 Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft, on a space-available basis, for veterans with service-connected disabilities rated as 100 percent disabling, on the same basis that such transportation is provided to former military personnel entitled to retired or retainer pay. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4921
107-hr-4923 107 hr 4923 To amend the 2005 base closure round authorized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to prohibit the closure or adverse realignment of any military installation used for undergraduate pilot training. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-12 2002-07-16 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] MS R P000323 0 Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to prohibit the closure or adverse realignment during 2005 of any military installation used for undergraduate pilot training. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4923
107-hr-4924 107 hr 4924 Dental Officer Retention Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-12 2002-06-12 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] CT R S001152 0 Dental Officer Retention Act - Repeals a provision which prohibits the payment of special pay for qualified dental officers in the armed forces during any period of dental internship or residency training. 2025-08-19T17:28:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4924
107-hr-4904 107 hr 4904 Health Care for Filipino World War II Veterans Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-11 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50] CA D F000116 42 Health Care for Filipino World War II Veterans Act - Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish hospital and nursing home care and medical services to any individual who is a Commonwealth Army veteran or new Philippine Scout (current law) and who is: (1) residing in the United States; and (2) a U.S. citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.Provides a rate of payment equal to the rate provided for active-service veterans and their survivors for: (1) dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of Commonwealth Army veterans or new Philippine Scouts; and (2) veterans' disability compensation for new Philippine Scouts residing in the United States.Provides national cemetery burial benefits for new Philippine Scouts. 2025-08-19T17:32:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4904
107-hr-4913 107 hr 4913 Global Nuclear Security Initiative Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-11 2002-06-11 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] CA D T000057 0 Global Nuclear Security Initiative Act of 2002 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Energy should develop a comprehensive program of activities to encourage all countries with nuclear materials to adhere to, or adopt standards equivalent to, the International Atomic Energy Agency standard on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities relating to the security of stockpiles of highly enriched uranium and plutonium. Directs the Secretary to require the Office of International Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting of the Department of Energy to conduct a study of the feasibility and advisability of developing a program to secure radiological materials outside the United States that pose a threat to U.S. national security. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) such study's results; and (2) results of a study by the Secretary of the feasibility and advisability of various actions to reduce the risks associated with terrorist attacks on nuclear power plants outside the United States.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should encourage amendment of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials to make it: (1) apply to both domestic and international use and transport of nuclear materials; (2) incorporate fundamental practices for the physical protection of such materials; and (3) address protection against sabotage involving nuclear materials. 2025-08-19T17:29:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4913
107-hr-4879 107 hr 4879 Veterans' Employment, Business Opportunity, and Training Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-06 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 0 Veterans' Employment, Business Opportunity, and Training Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Veterans' Employment, Business Opportunity and Training Program through which State governors or other entities receive grants for providing employment services to veterans, servicemembers, and the spouses of certain veterans. Requires the Secretary to ensure that all services under the program are provided through grants awarded on a competitive basis and that such grants include appropriate performance requirements with clear outcome measures. Requires each governor or entity receiving grant funds to: (1) achieve the performance requirements; and (2) comply with applicable uniform-cost principles and regulations prescribed by the Secretary.Transfers from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs responsibility for the administration of: (1) certain employment services for veterans; (2) a program of furnishing counseling and employment and training assistance to members of the armed forces who are being separated from active duty and their spouses; and (3) the homeless veterans' reintegration program. 2025-08-19T17:29:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4879
107-hr-4886 107 hr 4886 To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of National Guard officers as commanders of units composed of both active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard in nonfederal status. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-06 2002-07-16 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA-8] GA R C000286 0 Authorizes the President to detail a commissioned officer of the National Guard called to active duty to command a unit composed of active-duty military personnel and members of the National Guard in non-Federal status. Excludes such officers from general and flag officer active duty end strength limitations. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4886
107-hr-4897 107 hr 4897 To amend of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 to repeal the authority of the President to commence a 2005 round for the selection of military installations for closure or realignment under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-06-06 2002-07-16 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Shows, Ronnie [D-MS-4] MS D S001147 1 Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 to repeal the authority of the President to commence in 2005 an additional round for the selection of military installations for closure or realignment under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4897
107-hr-4836 107 hr 4836 Veterans Safe Medications Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-05-23 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] MD D C000141 0 Veterans Safe Medications Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe a policy for use by health care providers and pharmacies of the Department of Veterans Affairs of the practice of prescribing or dispensing tablet medication in a form that requires tablet splitting by the patient. Mandates that such policy shall allow tablet splitting only if: (1) a health care professional has determined that the patient has the mental and physical ability to use a tablet splitter; (2) the tablets are in a form referred to as "scored"; (3) the tablets are not sustained-release; (4) the tablets are intended to be taken every 48 hours or more frequently; and (5) an effective tablet splitter has been provided to the patient.Directs the Secretary to require that any adverse events directly attributable to tablet splitting be reported to the Under Secretary of Health on a monthly basis. Requires the Under Secretary to establish a national formulary of medications that have been approved for tablet splitting. 2025-08-19T17:31:54Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4836
107-hr-4842 107 hr 4842 To amend title 10, United States Code, to terminate the requirement that disability compensation payable to a veteran by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs be reduced by the amount of any payment to that veteran under Department of Defense separation programs. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-05-23 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] OR D H000762 3 Repeals the requirement for a deduction from voluntary separation incentive payments by the Department of Defense of the amount of any veterans' disability compensation concurrently received by an individual. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4842
107-hr-4852 107 hr 4852 Veterans Medical Care Improvement and Equity Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-05-23 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] FL R W000267 9 Veterans Medical Care Improvement and Equity Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in applying the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation system to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care funds for any fiscal year among the geographic service areas of the Veterans Health Administration, to conduct a mid-year review of such allocation and make adjustments based upon changes in the number of veterans enrolled or awaiting enrollment in the Department's health care system.Directs the Secretary to provide for priority in the enrollment of veterans in such system to any veteran with an emergent or urgent care need and then as provided for veterans currently enrolled in the Department's patient enrollment system. 2025-08-19T17:31:44Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4852
107-hr-4798 107 hr 4798 Widows of Wartime Veterans Assistance Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-05-22 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] AR D B000420 24 Widows of Wartime Veterans Assistance Act - Increases the maximum annual rates of pensions for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war. Amends the Social Security Act to require that the amount of such rate increases not be included in a surviving spouse's income for purposes of Medicaid (title XIX) eligibility. 2025-08-19T17:31:52Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4798
107-hr-4806 107 hr 4806 Honorable Burial for Veterans Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-05-22 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50] CA D F000116 3 Honorable Burial for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish two satellite national cemeteries in the San Diego, California, metropolitan area, to be used for those who would otherwise have been buried at Fort Rosencrans but for the absence of available plots; and (2) accept the gift of two specified parcels of real property to use for such cemeteries. 2025-08-19T17:28:35Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4806
107-hr-4744 107 hr 4744 To make it more likely that the cleanup and closure of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site will be completed on or before December 15, 2006. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-05-15 2002-06-18 Executive Comment Requested from DOE. House Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] CO D U000038 2 Instructs the Secretary of Energy to reopen a specified Record of Decision, and to examine all possible removal alternatives, if the transfer of special nuclear materials earmarked for disposal or processing into mixed-oxide fuel has not commenced as of July 1, 2002.Requires the Secretary, if examination of alternatives is begun, to report to Congress regarding such alternative removal and the extent to which it would affect completion of the cleanup and closure of Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site on or before December 15, 2006.States that if the transfer of all such special nuclear materials has not been completed as of November 1, 2003, the Secretary must pay economic/impact assistance to the State of Colorado until all such special nuclear materials have been removed. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4744
107-hr-4714 107 hr 4714 To prohibit members of the Armed Forces in Saudi Arabia from being required or formally or informally compelled to wear the abaya garment, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-05-14 2002-05-15 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8] IN R H000807 18 Prohibits a member of the U.S. armed forces from being required or compelled to wear the abaya garment, or any part thereof, while in Saudi Arabia pursuant to a permanent change of station or orders for temporary duty. Requires the Secretary of Defense to inform such personnel of such prohibition, both orally and in writing, within ten days after a member's arrival.Prohibits any funds made available to the Department of Defense from being used to purchase abayas for such personnel or for contractor personnel accompanying such forces.Authorizes the commander of the United States Central Command to require the wearing of the abaya in specific circumstances that constitute an operational requirement essential for the conduct of the military mission. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4714
107-hr-4676 107 hr 4676 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that military retired pay for nonregular service shall be paid without regard to the age of a person otherwise eligible for such retired pay, rather than commencing when an otherwise eligible person attains age 60. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-05-07 2002-05-20 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] SC R W000795 40 Removes the requirement that a person attain 60 years of age before being entitled to military retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4676
107-hr-4628 107 hr 4628 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-05-01 2002-11-27 Became Public Law No: 107-306. House Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] FL R G000336 0 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA); and (10) Coast Guard.(Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2003, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President.(Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2003 (by not more than two percent) when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification of the congressional intelligence committees.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY 2003, for full-time personnel for elements within such Account, and for certain classified personnel. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center.(Sec. 105) Increases amounts authorized to be appropriated under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorization were increased by: (1) the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002; and (2) the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States for such amounts as are desi… 2025-04-07T13:40:08Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4628
107-hr-4621 107 hr 4621 Disabled Veterans' Caregiver Compensation Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-30 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] MN D P000258 21 Disabled Veterans' Caregiver Compensation Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay monthly compensation of $234 to a veteran if and while totally disabled and in need of regular aid and attendance and while unpaid aid and attendance is provided by an adult family member who is dependent upon such veteran for support. 2025-08-19T17:28:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4621
107-hr-4595 107 hr 4595 To amend title 32, United States Code, to revise the matching funds requirements for States participating in the National Guard Challenge Program, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-25 2002-05-20 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] LA R B000072 2 Amends Federal provisions concerning State participation in the National Guard Challenge Program (a civilian youth opportunities program conducted by the Secretary of Defense) to: (1) provide a permanent matching funds level of 75 percent of the costs of operating the State program during a fiscal year; and (2) authorize annual appropriations for the Program. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4595
107-hr-4608 107 hr 4608 To name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center in Wichita, Kansas, as the 'Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center'. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-25 2002-05-29 Became Public Law No: 107-184. House Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] KS R M000934 74 Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center in Wichita, Kansas, as the Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center. 2025-04-07T13:40:30Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4608
107-hr-4559 107 hr 4559 Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-24 2002-04-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 1 Department of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2002 - Increases from six to seven the number of authorized Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and adds Department operations, preparedness, security, and law enforcement to their required functions. 2025-08-19T17:29:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4559
107-hr-4546 107 hr 4546 Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-23 2002-12-02 Became Public Law No: 107-314. House Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] AZ R S001044 1 Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the chemical demilitarization program; and (4) defense health programs.Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to: (1) extend through 2004 a pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to their availability from domestic sources; (2) allow the use of a percentage of Army surplus funds for unutilized plant capacity to be transferred and used for the demilitarization of Army conventional ammunition; and (3) require the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DOD) to review the experience under the above pilot program and report review results to Congress.(Sec. 112) Requires the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to submit to the Chief of Staff of the Army a report on the requirements for Army National Guard aviation. Directs the Army Chief of Staff to forward such report, with recommendations, to the defense committees.(Sec. 113) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY 2003 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of vehicles under the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program after making certain certifications to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to program parameters and total cost. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to waive the total cost limitations upon certification to such committees that the waiver serves national security interests.Subtitle C: Navy Programs… 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4546
107-hr-4547 107 hr 4547 Cost of War Against Terrorism Authorization Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-23 2002-07-24 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] AZ R S001044 1 Cost of War Against Terrorism Authorization Act of 2002 - States that the $10 billion authorized to be appropriated in this Act is authorized for, and may be expended only for, the conduct of operations of the war on terrorism in accordance with the Authorization for Use of Military Force.Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - Subtitle A: Authorizations to Transfer Accounts - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 2003 for Operations Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom (counter-terrorism activities). Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer authorized amounts to DOD military personnel or operation and maintenance (O&M) accounts for such purposes.(Sec. 102) Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) emergency replacement of equipment and munitions as part of such Operations; or (2) enhancement of critical military capabilities necessary to carry out counter-terrorism operations. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer authorized amounts to DOD research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) accounts for such purposes.(Sec. 103) Prohibits the transfer of authorized funds until 15 days after the Secretary has notified the congressional defense committees.Subtitle B: Authorizations to Specified Accounts - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide procurement; (2) defense-wide RDT&E; (3) unspecified intelligence and classified activities; (4) O&M; and (5) military personnel accounts.(Sec. 117) Prohibits the obligation of authorized funds for the Global Information Grid system until the Secretary certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that such system is secure and protected from unauthorized access.Subtitle C: Military Construction Authorizations - Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified military installations in Qatar, Cuba, Spain, and the District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Wartime Pay and Allowance In… 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4547
107-hr-4557 107 hr 4557 Defense Recurring Reports Elimination Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-23 2002-04-23 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] KS R T000260 1 Defense Recurring Reports Elimination Act of 2002 - Amends Federal armed forces provisions, certain prior defense authorization and appropriations Acts, the Defense Acquisition Improvement Act of 1986, the Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995, and the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2001 to repeal various reporting requirements imposed on the Department of Defense. 2025-08-19T17:29:38Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4557
107-hr-4544 107 hr 4544 To provide for the conveyance of the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, Kansas. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-22 2002-07-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1450) House Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] KS D M001140 0 Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Johnson County Park and Recreation District, Kansas, all U.S. rights and interest to the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, Kansas. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4544
107-hr-4504 107 hr 4504 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under the Native American Housing Loan Pilot Program to veterans who are married to Native Americans. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-18 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large] AS D F000010 0 Extends the eligibility for direct housing loans made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under the Native American housing loan pilot program to veterans who are married to Native Americans. 2025-01-02T16:51:35Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4504
107-hr-4514 107 hr 4514 Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-18 2002-05-22 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] KS R M000934 9 Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out specified major medical facility projects in California, Ohio, Alaska, Connecticut, and Florida, in specified amounts.Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a lease for a satellite outpatient clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a specified amount.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the Construction, Major Projects, account and the Medical Care account.Increases from $4 million to $6 million the major medical facility project threshold.Directs the Secretary, in selecting medical facilities for projects other than major medical facility projects, to the extent practicable, to select projects to improve, replace, renovate, or update facilities to achieve one or more specified purposes, including improvements in: (1) seismic protection related to patient safety; (2) fire safety; (3) utility systems and ancillary patient care facilities; (4) accommodation for person with disabilities; and (5) patient care facilities to specialized programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 2025-04-07T13:40:30Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4514
107-hr-4213 107 hr 4213 Expanding Education for Military Families Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-11 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] WA D S000510 0 Expanding Education for Military Families Act of 2002 - Removes the requirement that, in order to be eligible to transfer educational entitlement earned under the Montgomery GI Bill's educational assistance program to one or more military dependents, a member must have, or be participating in, a critical military skill or specialty. 2025-08-19T17:29:16Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4213
107-hr-4214 107 hr 4214 Military Education Extension Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-11 2002-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] WA D S000510 0 Military Education Extension Act of 2002 - Extends the period of entitlement to educational assistance under the All Volunteer Force Program to 15 (currently, ten) years after the date of an individual's last discharge or release from active or Selected Reserve duty. Extends similarly such entitlement period for members who serve a minimum period of active duty, are discharged or released, and subsequently reenlist or enter into an additional period of active duty.Allows individuals whose entitlement period had expired prior to such extension an additional five-year period following the enactment of this Act to use any unexpended entitlement portion. 2025-08-19T17:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4214
107-hr-4161 107 hr 4161 To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from purchasing certain steel or equipment, products, or systems made with steel that is not melted and poured in the United States. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-10 2002-04-23 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] MI D S001045 1 Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from purchasing steel, or equipment, products, or systems necessary to national security or defense that are made of steel, that is not melted and poured in the United States, with specified exceptions. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4161
107-hr-4085 107 hr 4085 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-09 2002-10-23 Became Public Law No: 107-247. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 23 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2002, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date. 2025-04-07T13:40:30Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4085
107-hr-4088 107 hr 4088 Defense Budget Restoration Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-09 2002-04-23 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] MO D S000465 1 Defense Budget Restoration Act - Authorizes the appropriation of $10 billion for the Department of Defense for FY 2003 to prosecute the war on terrorism. Allocates such funds among the following accounts within the service branches: (1) procurement; (2) research, development, test, and evaluation; (3) military personnel; (4) operation and maintenance; and (5) military construction. 2025-08-19T17:30:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4088
107-hr-4093 107 hr 4093 To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal limitations on the eligibility of dependents of civilian employees of the Federal Government residing in a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States to enroll in Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-09 2002-04-23 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, Anibal [D-PR-At Large] PR D A000359 1 Allows a dependent of a Federal employee who is enrolled in an educational program provided by the Secretary of Defense in a U.S. territory, commonwealth, or possession and who is not residing on a military installation to continue such enrollment until the dependent's graduation (currently limited to five consecutive school years).Repeals the requirement that the Secretary be reimbursed by the appropriate agency head for education so provided to a dependent of an employee of a Federal agency outside the Department of Defense. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4093
107-hr-4119 107 hr 4119 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a voluntary leave sharing program for members of the Armed Forces. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-04-09 2002-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2] KS R R000566 9 Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to establish a program under which leave accrued by a member of that military department may be voluntarily transferred to another member of the same department who requires additional leave due to a qualifying emergency. Requires transfer approval by the commanding officers of both the donor and recipient. Defines a qualifying emergency as one which is likely to require prolonged absence and is the result of: (1) a medical condition of an immediate family member; or (2) any other hardship that such Secretary determines appropriate. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4119
107-hr-4015 107 hr 4015 Jobs for Veterans Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-20 2002-11-07 Became Public Law No: 107-288. House Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] ID R S001148 25 Jobs for Veterans Act - Entitles the following to priority under certain job training programs funded by the Department of Labor (Department): (1) a veteran; (2) the spouse of any veteran who died of a service-connected disability; (3) the spouse of a member serving on active duty who is listed as missing in action, captured in the line of duty by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government or power; and (4) the spouse of any veteran who has a total service-connected disability rating or who died while a disability so evaluated was in existence. Directs the Secretary of Labor to annually evaluate the efficacy of and veteran representation in such priority service and to report results to the congressional veterans' committees.Requires any Federal personal property and nonpersonal services procurement contract of $100,000 or more to contain a provision requiring the contractor to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment disabled veterans, veterans who served on active duty during a war or campaign for which a campaign badge has been authorized, recently separated veterans (within three years), and veterans who, while serving on active duty, participated in a military operation for which a service medal was awarded.Entitles qualified veterans to recruitment appointments in the Federal Government at any time.(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary (acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training), in carrying out a program of performance incentive awards, to establish criteria for such programs to be administered by States to: (1) encourage the improvement and modernization of veterans' employment, training, and placement services; and(2) recognize employees for excellence in the provision of such services. Allows such awards to be cash or nonfinancial awards. Makes eligible for such awards disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, local veterans' employment representatives, and individuals providing employment, … 2025-04-07T13:40:31Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4015
107-hr-4017 107 hr 4017 Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Equity Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-20 2002-07-25 Subcommittee Hearings Held. House Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] IL D E000250 37 Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Equity Act - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to treat as military service National Guard service under a call to active service for more than 30 days if such service is prescribed by the Secretary of the Army or Air Force and is supported by Federal funds for a contingency operation authorized by the President or Secretary of Defense. 2025-08-19T17:31:30Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4017
107-hr-4018 107 hr 4018 Veterans Judicial Review Improvement Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-20 2002-05-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] IL D E000250 74 Veterans Judicial Review Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends Federal provisions relating to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court) to: (1) hold unlawful and set aside a finding of material fact when not supported by a preponderance of the evidence (currently, only when clearly erroneous); (2) allow the Court to enter a default judgment against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs upon a determination that the Secretary has unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed action on a claim or has failed to plead or otherwise defend; and (3) allow judicial review by the Circuit Court of Appeals of any question of law, or application of law to the facts, that was relied upon by the Court.Directs the Secretary to provide for the expeditious treatment: (1) by the appropriate office of the Veterans Benefits Administration of any claim remanded to that office by the Board of Veterans' Appeals; and (2) by such Board of any claim remanded to the Secretary by the Court.Authorizes the Court, in claims remanded to the Secretary involving compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension, to order the Secretary to pay interim benefits when a decision on such claim is not rendered within 180 days.Authorizes the Court, upon a showing of excusable neglect or good cause, to extend the time for filing a notice of appeal. 2025-08-19T17:29:23Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4018
107-hr-4035 107 hr 4035 Military Tribunal Authorization Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-20 2002-04-05 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] MI D C000714 4 Military Tribunal Authorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes the President to establish tribunals for the trial of individuals who: (1) are not U.S. persons; (2) are members of the al Qaeda organization or other terrorist organizations who cooperated with the al Qaeda in planning, authorizing, committing, or aiding in the September 11, 2001, attacks against the United States or who aided or abetted such members in such activities; (3) are apprehended in or fleeing from Afghanistan or any other place outside the United States where U.S. armed forces are involved; and (4) are not prisoners of war.Authorizes the President to direct the Secretary of Defense to detain individuals subject to such tribunals.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek the cooperation of U.S. allies and other nations in conducting investigations and prosecutions of such individuals. 2025-08-19T17:28:12Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4035
107-hr-4036 107 hr 4036 Hospitalized Veterans Financial Assistance Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-20 2002-05-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-49] CA D D000598 6 Hospitalized Veterans Financial Assistance Act of 2002 - Requires that, in the case of a temporary increase in veterans' compensation for hospitalization or treatment, such increased payment shall commence on the first day of the month in which such hospitalization or treatment begins. 2025-08-19T17:31:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4036
107-hr-4042 107 hr 4042 Veterans Home Loan Prepayment Protection Act of 2002 Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-20 2002-06-11 Committee Hearings Held. House Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] IL D E000250 4 Veterans Home Loan Prepayment Protection Act of 2002 - Provides that the prepayment in full by a veteran of a home loan guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs after enactment of this Act shall be credited on the date of its receipt at the business location of the mortgage lender and no interest may be charged thereafter. Allows such prepayment to be made by electronic funds transfer. 2025-08-19T17:28:29Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4042
107-hr-4046 107 hr 4046 Military Tribunal Regulations Review Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-20 2002-04-05 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13] PA D H001031 17 Military Tribunal Regulations Review Act - Requires the President, before a military tribunal rule takes effect, to submit to Congress a report containing: (1) a copy of the rule; (2) a concise statement relating to the rule; and (3) its proposed effective date. Sets forth congressional procedures for rule disapproval by joint resolution.Directs the President to submit to Congress periodic reports on the activities of each military tribunal. 2025-08-19T17:27:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4046
107-hr-3988 107 hr 3988 To amend title 36, United States Code, to clarify the requirements for eligibility in the American Legion. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-18 2002-12-02 Became Public Law No: 107-309. House Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] PA R G000121 0 Revises American Legion eligibility requirements by providing that individuals who continue to serve honorably in the armed forces during or after (currently, after) specified periods shall be eligible. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3988
107-hr-3990 107 hr 3990 Captain Jack Punches Memorial Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-18 2002-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] IL R S000364 18 Captain Jack Punches Memorial Act - Amends the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001 to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish Government markers for the private cemetery graves of veterans dying on or after September 11, 2001 (currently December 27, 2001) who: (1) would have been eligible for burial in a national cemetery; or (2) would have been eligible for military retired or retainer pay except for not having attained 60 years of age. 2025-08-19T17:31:39Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3990
107-hr-3972 107 hr 3972 To amend title 10, United States Code, to index for inflation the amount of the death gratuity paid upon the death of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-14 2002-04-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] NC R J000255 11 Requires the death gratuity paid upon the active-duty death of a member of the armed forces to be increased at the same time and by the same percentage that military retired and retainer pay is increased for a cost-of-living adjustment. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3972
107-hr-3973 107 hr 3973 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the tax exempt status of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-14 2002-06-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3770-3771) House Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] NC R J000255 112 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore in full the tax exempt status of death gratuity payments to members of the armed services. 2025-01-02T16:50:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3973
107-hr-3927 107 hr 3927 To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance veterans' programs and the ability of the Department of Veterans Affairs to administer those programs. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-12 2002-03-12 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 1 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 (SES) 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 SES 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 reporting requirements of the Department's Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans. 2025-01-02T16:50:29Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3927
107-hr-3938 107 hr 3938 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make a grant to the State of Connecticut for alteration of a certain building for support of a State veterans' home and hospital. Armed Forces and National Security 2002-03-12 2002-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 1 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make a grant to the State of Connecticut for the alteration of an existing facility for use as a recreational facility at the State veterans' home and hospital in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. 2025-01-02T16:50:29Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3938

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