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Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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> United States > U.S. House of Representatives > U.S. House Committees
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| Website | http://veterans.house.gov/ |
| Established | January 01, 1946 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RP July 25, 2007 07:50pm |
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The Committee on Veterans' Affairs is the authorizing Committee for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Committee recommends legislation expanding, curtailing, or fine-tuning existing laws relating to veterans' benefits. The Committee also has oversight responsibility, which means monitoring and evaluating the operations of the DVA. If the Committee finds the that DVA is not administering laws as Congress intended, then it is "corrected" through the a hearing process and legislation. We are the voice of Congress in dealings with the DVA.
LEGISLATION WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF
THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
a. Veterans' measures generally.
b. Pensions of all the wars of the U.S., general and special.
c. Life insurance issued by the government on account of service in the Armed Forces.
d. Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education of veterans.
e. Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans.
f. Servicemembers' Civil Relief.
g. Readjustment of servicemembers to civilian life.
h. National Cemeteries
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