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The standing Committee on Veterans' Affairs in the United States House of Representatives oversees agencies, reviews current legislation, and recommends new bills or amendments concerning U.S. military veterans. Jurisdiction[1] includes retiring and disability pensions, life insurance, education (including the G.I. Bill), vocational training, medical care, and home loan guarantees. The committee oversees the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), veterans' hospitals, and veterans' cemeteries, except cemeteries under the Secretary of the Interior.


Veterans and other interested people may be surprised to learn that the Veterans' Affairs Committee does not have legislative jurisdiction[2] over the following issues:



  • Tax status of veterans benefits and contributions to Veterans Service Organizations (Committee on Ways and Means);

  • Military retiree issues, including COLA’s and disability pay (Committee on Armed Services);

  • CHAMPUS and Tri-Care (Committee on Armed Services);

  • Survivor Benefit Program (Committee on Armed Services);

  • Veterans Preference in Federal civil service hiring practice (Committee on Government Reform and Oversight);

  • Congressional charters for veterans service organizations (Committee on Judiciary);

  • Immigration issues relating to veterans (Committee on Judiciary); and

  • Issues dealing with Prisoners of War (POWs) and service members missing in action (MIAs) (Committee on Armed Services)


The committee was created by Section 121(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 79-601), which authorized a standing committee of 27 members.




Contents






  • 1 Past and current chairs


  • 2 Members


    • 2.1 115th Congress




  • 3 Past committee rosters


    • 3.1 114th Congress




  • 4 Subcommittees


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Past and current chairs


The chairs of the committee:



  • 1947–1948: Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA)

  • 1949–1952: John Elliott Rankin (D-MS)

  • 1953–1954: Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA)

  • 1955–1972: Olin E. Teague (D-TX)

  • 1973–1974: William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D-SC)

  • 1975–1980: Herbert Ray Roberts (D-TX)

  • 1981–1994: Gillespie V. Montgomery (D-MS)

  • 1995–2001: Bob Stump (R-AZ)

  • 2001–2004: Chris Smith (R-NJ)

  • 2005–2007: Steve Buyer (R-IN)

  • 2007–2011: Bob Filner (D-CA)

  • 2011–2017: Jeff Miller (R-FL)

  • 2017: Phil Roe (R-TN)



Members



115th Congress











Majority
 Minority



  • Phil Roe, Tennessee, Chair


  • Gus Bilirakis, Florida, Vice Chair


  • Mike Coffman, Colorado


  • Brad Wenstrup, Ohio


  • Amata Coleman Radewagen, American Samoa


  • Mike Bost, Illinois


  • Bruce Poliquin, Maine


  • Neal Dunn, Florida


  • Jodey Arrington, Texas


  • John Rutherford, Florida


  • Clay Higgins, Louisiana


  • Jack Bergman, Michigan


  • Jim Banks, Indiana


  • Jenniffer González, Puerto Rico


  • Tim Walz, Minnesota, Ranking Member


  • Mark Takano, California, Vice Ranking Member


  • Julia Brownley, California


  • Ann McLane Kuster, New Hampshire


  • Beto O'Rourke, Texas


  • Kathleen Rice, New York


  • Lou Correa, California


  • Gregorio Sablan, Northern Marianas Islands


  • Elizabeth Esty, Connecticut


  • Scott Peters, California


  • Conor Lamb, Pennsylvania

Sources: H.Res. 6 (Chair), H.Res. 45 (D), H.Res. 51 (R) and H.Res. 52 (D)


According to committee members' official online biographies, eleven (Banks, Bergman, Bost, Coffman, Dunn, Higgins, Lamb, Roe, Salban, Walz, Wenstrup) of the twenty-one members are veterans.



Past committee rosters



114th Congress











Majority
 Minority



  • Jeff Miller, Florida, Chairman


  • Doug Lamborn, Colorado


  • Gus Bilirakis, Florida, Vice Chair


  • Phil Roe, Tennessee


  • Dan Benishek, Michigan


  • Tim Huelskamp, Kansas


  • Mike Coffman, Colorado


  • Brad Wenstrup, Ohio


  • Jackie Walorski, Indiana


  • Ralph Abraham, Louisiana


  • Lee Zeldin, New York


  • Ryan Costello, Pennsylvania


  • Amata Coleman Radewagen, American Samoa


  • Mike Bost, Illinois


  • Mark Takano, California, Ranking Member[3]


  • Corrine Brown, Florida


  • Julia Brownley, California


  • Dina Titus, Nevada


  • Raul Ruiz, California


  • Ann McLane Kuster, New Hampshire


  • Beto O'Rourke, Texas


  • Kathleen Rice, New York


  • Tim Walz, Minnesota


  • Jerry McNerney, California

Resolutions electing Republican members: H.Res. 6 (Chairs)
Resolutions electing Democratic members: H.Res. 7, H.Res. 30, H.Res. 40 and H.Res. 77



Subcommittees

































Subcommittee
 Chair
 Ranking Member

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Mike Bost (R-IL)
Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)

Economic Opportunity
Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)

Health
Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)
Julia Brownley (D-CA)

Oversight and Investigations
Jack Bergman (R-MI)
Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH)

Technology Modernization[4]
Jim Banks (R-IN)
Conor Lamb (D-PA)


See also



  • United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs

  • List of current United States House of Representatives committees

  • House Veterans' Affairs Committee Hearings and Meetings Videos



References





  1. ^ "House Committee on Veterans Affairs". veterans.house.gov. Retrieved 2017-04-07..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "House Committee on Veterans Affairs". veterans.house.gov. Retrieved 2017-04-07.


  3. ^ Horseman, Jeff (11 July 2016). "CONGRESS: Corrine Brown indictment makes Mark Takano ranking Democrat on veterans' affairs committee". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved 14 July 2016.


  4. ^ "House Committee on Veterans Affairs". House Committee on Veterans Affairs. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-07-13.




External links




  • House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Archive)

  • Veterans' Affairs Committee Democratic Webpage


  • House Veterans' Affairs Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.

  • United States Department of Veterans' Affairs

  • Active legislation passing through the Committee on Veterans' Affairs can be found here










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