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154 bills referred in the 111th Congress

2,484 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 278. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 111th Congress

Members, 111th Congress 17

Everyone who held a seat in the 111th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka	Chair
R-NC	Richard Burr	Ranking Member
D-PA	Arlen Specter
I-VT	Bernard Sanders
D-VA	Jim Webb
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV
R-GA	Johnny Isakson
D-MT	Jon Tester
R-SC	Lindsey Graham
D-AK	Mark Begich
R-IL	Mark KirkJoined Dec 7, 2010
R-NE	Mike Johanns
D-WA	Patty Murray
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker
D-IL	Roland BurrisLeft Nov 18, 2010
R-MA	Scott P. BrownJoined Mar 2, 2010
D-OH	Sherrod Brown

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 111th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 111th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 3860	A bill to require reports on the management of Arlington National Cemetery.	Discharged From	Dec 4, 2010
HR 5953	To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in each facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs a Women Veterans Bill of Rights and to display in each prosthetics and orthotics clinic of the Department an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Dec 1, 2010
S 3517	Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010	Reported By	Nov 29, 2010
S 3953	A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam, and for other purposes.	Referred To	Nov 17, 2010
S 3447	Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010	Reported By	Oct 26, 2010
HR 6132	Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improvement Act of 2010	Referred To	Sep 30, 2010
HR 5993	SAVINGS Act of 2010	Referred To	Sep 30, 2010
HR 5630	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for qualifications for vocational rehabilitation counselors and vocational rehabilitation employment coordinators employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.	Referred To	Sep 30, 2010

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 111th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 111-913	Review of the VA and DOD Integrated Disability Evaluation System64 pages 4 witnesses Bertoni, Daniel, Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office Campbell, John R., Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy, U.S. Department of Defense Response to requests arising during the hearing by Hon. Richard Burr...........................................46, 56, Medve, John, Executive Director of VA/DOD Collaboration Service, Office of Policy and Planning, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	Nov 18, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-894	Va's It Program: Looking Ahead150 pages 5 witnesses Baker, Roger W., Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Meagher, Edward Francis, Chairman, VistA Modernization Committee of the American Council for Technology Industry Advisory Council and Vice President, Healthcare Strategy, North American Public Sector, Computer Sciences Corporation Finn, Belinda J., Assistant Inspector General for Audits and Evaluations, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tullman, Glen, Chief Executive Officer, Allscripts Munnecke, Tom, Former Information Technology Official, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	Oct 6, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-881	VA Disability Compensation: Presumptive Disability Decision-Making128 pages 5 witnesses Shinseki, Hon. Eric K., Secretary of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; accompanied by Robert L. Jesse, MD, Ph.D., Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health; Victoria Cassano, MD, MPH, FACPM, Director, Radiation and Physical Exposures Service; Thomas J. Pamperin, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management; and John H. Thompson, Deputy General Counsel Principi, Hon. Anthony J., Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Samet, Jonathan M., MD, MS, Chair, Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Bild, Diane, MD, MPH, Associate Director, Prevention and Population Sciences Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Birnbaum, Linda, Ph.D., DABT, ATS, Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, and Director, National Toxicology Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Sep 23, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-829	Review of Veterans' Claims Processing: Are Current Efforts Working?125 pagesOn S. 3192, S. 3517 5 witnesses Walcoff, Michael, Acting Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; accompanied by Thomas J. Pamperin, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management; Diana M. Rubens, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations; Mark Bologna, Director, Veterans Benefits Management System Initiative; Richard Hipolit, Assistant General Counsel; and Peter L. Levin, Chief Technology Officer Thompson, Joseph, Former Under Secretary for Benefits, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Avant, Linda Jan, Rating Specialist and 1st Vice President, AFGE Local 2054, VBA Regional Office, Little Rock, AR, on behalf of American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO and AFGE National Veterans Affairs Council Cohen, Richard Paul, Executive Director, National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc Violante, Joseph A., National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans, on behalf of The Independent Budget	Jul 14, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-846	VA Health Care in Rural Areas84 pagesOn H.R. 3949 8 witnesses Atizado, Adrian, Assistant National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans Ahrens, James F., Chairman, Veterans Rural Health Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Putnam, Ronald, Veteran Service Officer, Haywood County, North Carolina Jesse, Robert, M.D., Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; accompanied by Glen W. Grippen, Network Director, Veterans Integrated Network 19, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Response to request arising during the hearing by: Hon. Patty Murray..........................................38, McManus, Brig. Gen. Deborah, Assistant Adjutant General--Air, Joint Forces Headquarters--Alaska, and Commander, Alaska Air National Guard; accompanied by Verdie Bowen, Director, Office of Veterans Affairs, Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Winkelman, Dan, Vice President for Administration and General Counsel, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Alaska Schoenhard, William, Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	Jun 16, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-623	Pending Legislation Hearing118 pagesOn H.R. 761, H.R. 2254, H.R. 2879, H.R. 3941, H.R. 3949 and 30 more 7 witnesses Pamperin, Thomas J., Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; accompanied by Richard J. Hipolit, Assistant General Counsel; and Walter A. Hall, Assistant General Counsel and Jesse, Robert, M.D., Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration; accompanied by Richard J. Hipolit, Assistant General Counsel; and Walter A. Hall, Assistant General Counsel Jefferson, Hon. Raymond, Assistant Secretary of Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Department of Labor; prepared statement de Planque, Ian, Deputy Director, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission, The American Legion Tarantino, Tom, Legislative Associate, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; prepared statement Hilleman, Eric A., Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars Weidman, Richard, Executive Director for Policy and Government Affairs, Vietnam Veterans of America; accompanied by Alan Oates, Chairman, Agent Orange/Dioxin and Other Toxic Exposures Committee	May 19, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-866	Oversight Hearing on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Progress in Treating the Signature Wounds of the Current Conflicts166 pagesOn S. 1963 8 witnesses Beck, Lucille B., Ph.D. Chief Consultant, Office of Rehabilitation Services, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; accompanied by Karen Guice, M.D., Director, Federal Recovery Coordination Program; Joel Scholten, M.D., Associate Chief of Staff for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Washington, DC, VA medical center; and Sonja Batten, Ph.D., Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health Hon. Jon Tester..........................................34,41,42 Hon. Mark Begich Jaffee, Col. Michael S., M.D., National Director, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), Traumatic Brain Injury Program, U.S. Department of Defense; accompanied by Katherine Helmick, Interim Senior Executive Director for TBI, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Bohlinger, Karen L., Second Lady, State of Montana Barrs, Jonathan W., Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran Gans, Bruce M., M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Dabbs, Michael F., President, Brain Injury Association of Michigan LaPlaca, Michelle C., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Laboratory of Neuroengineering, Atlanta, GA	May 5, 2010
S. Hrg. 111-787	Implementation of the New Post-9/11 GI Bill--Looking Back and Moving ForwardHeld Apr 21, 2010 to Jul 21, 2010 · 177 pagesOn H.R. 114, H.R. 1037, H.R. 3657, H.R. 3813, S. 1785 and 6 more 15 witnesses Wilson, Keith, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Warren, Stephen, Principal Deputy Secretary Information Technology, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Osendorf, Dan, Director, Debt Management Center, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Clark, Robert, Assistant Director, Accession Policy Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness DesLauriers, Faith, Legislative Director, National Association of Veterans' Program Administrators Stephens, William, President, National Association of State Approving Agencies Madden, Robert, Assistant Director, National Economic Commission, The American Legion Reininger, Marco, IAVA Member, Student Veteran, Columbia University Wilson, Keith, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Clark, Robert E., Assistant Director for Accession Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, U.S. Department of Defense, accompanied by John Brizzi, Assistant General Counsel Hilleman, Eric, Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars Embree, Tim, Legislative Associate, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Hartle, Terry W., Senior Vice President, American Council on Education Flink, Judith, Executive Director, University Student Financial Services, University of Illinois Farrell, Captain Gerard M., USN (Ret.), Executive Director, Commissioned Officers' Association of the U.S. Public Health Service	Apr 21, 2010

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 111th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 111-354	Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010On S. 3517	Nov 29, 2010
S. Rept. 111-346	Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010On S. 3447	Oct 26, 2010
S. Rept. 111-288	A Bill to Extend the Temporary Authority for the Performance of Medical Disability Examinations by Contract Physicians for the Department of Veterans AffairsOn S. 3609	Sep 2, 2010
S. Rept. 111-287	A Bill to Amend Title 38, United States Code, to Repeal the Prohibition on Collective Bargaining with Respect to Matters and Questions Regarding Compensation of Employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs Other Than Rates of Basic Pay, and for Other PurposesOn S. 3486	Sep 2, 2010
S. Rept. 111-286	Veterans Telehealth and Other Care Improvements Act of 2010On S. 3325	Sep 2, 2010
S. Rept. 111-285	Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010On S. 3234	Sep 2, 2010
S. Rept. 111-282	A Bill to Amend Title 38, United States Code, to Improve Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance and to Modify the Provision of Compensation and Pension to Surviving Spouses of Veterans in the Months of the Deaths of the Veterans, and for Other PurposesOn S. 3765	Sep 2, 2010
S. Rept. 111-281	Veterans' Compensation Cost-Of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010On S. 3107	Aug 5, 2010

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 111th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN1199	Robert A. Petzel, of Minnesota, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Michael J. Kussman, resigned.Department of Veterans Affairs	Confirmed Feb 11, 2010Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Nov 18, 2009
PN1156	Raul Perea-Henze, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Policy and Planning), vice Patrick W. Dunne.Department of Veterans Affairs	Confirmed Mar 19, 2010Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Nov 9, 2009
PN647	Joan M. Evans, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Congressional and Legislative Affairs), vice Christine O. Hill, resigned.Department of Veterans Affairs	Confirmed Aug 7, 2009Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jun 23, 2009
PN527	Raymond M. Jefferson, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, vice Charles S. Ciccolella, resigned.Department of Labor	Confirmed Aug 7, 2009Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jun 3, 2009
PN331	Roger W. Baker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology), vice Robert T. Howard, resigned.Department of Veterans Affairs	Confirmed May 18, 2009Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Apr 20, 2009
PN330	William A. Gunn, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Paul J. Hutter.Department of Veterans Affairs	Confirmed May 18, 2009Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Apr 20, 2009
PN329	Jose D. Riojas, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Operations, Security, and Preparedness), vice Charles L. Hopkins, resigned.Department of Veterans Affairs	Confirmed May 18, 2009Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Apr 20, 2009
PN272	John U. Sepulveda, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Human Resources), vice Michael W. Hager.Department of Veterans Affairs	Confirmed May 18, 2009Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Apr 2, 2009

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 111th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-5492	A communication from the Director of Regulation Policy and Management, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Revision of 38 CFR 1.17 to Remove Obsolete References to Herbicides Containing Dioxin" (RIN2900-AN56) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 2, 2010; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Apr 20, 2010
EC-5491	A communication from the Director of Regulation Policy and Management, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Grants to States for Construction or Acquisition of State Home Facilities - Update of Authorized Beds" (RIN2900-AM70) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 2, 2010; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Apr 20, 2010
EC-4771	A communication from the Director of Regulations Management, Center for Veterans Enterprise, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "VA- Veteran-Owned Small Business Verification Guidelines" (RIN2900-AM78) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on February 16, 2010; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Feb 23, 2010
EC-4303	A communication from the Director of Regulation Policy and Management, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program - Self-Employment" (RIN2900-AN31) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on January 15, 2010; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Jan 22, 2010
EC-4302	A communication from the Director of Regulation Policy and Management, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program - Basic Entitlement; Effective Date of Induction into a Rehabilitation Program; Cooperation in Initial Evaluation" (RIN2900-AN13) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on January 15, 2010; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Jan 22, 2010
EC-4301	A communication from the Director of Regulation Policy and Management, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program - Periods of Eligibility" (RIN2900-AM84) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on January 15, 2010; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Jan 22, 2010
EC-4300	A communication from the Director of Regulation Policy and Management, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Copayments for Medications" (RIN2900-AN50) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on January 4, 2010; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Jan 22, 2010
EC-4142	A communication from the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Fourth Quarterly Report from the Attorney General to Congress; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 21, 2009

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 111th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 111-64	COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR 111th CONGRESS (2009-2010)	PDF · Text

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Nominations	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	19	278	15	13	5	43	29	22	37	1
118th2023–2024	19	212	5	21	1	33	32	3	88	0
117th2021–2022	18	261	14	49	1	45	40	23	76	0
116th2019–2020	18	260	24	22	1	23	26	5	79	0
115th2017–2018	15	265	5	25	3	—	20	17	90	1
114th2015–2016	15	224	10	16	7	—	34	6	84	1
113th2013–2014	14	187	9	13	8	—	21	9	98	1
112th2011–2012	15	127	8	6	5	—	21	9	84	1
111th2009–2010	17	154	18	10	18	—	36	10	41	1
110th2007–2008	16	194	14	17	14	—	42	8	74	1
109th2005–2006	14	106	8	7	8	—	43	13	67	1
108th2003–2004	15	106	11	9	11	—	12	13	100	0
107th2001–2002	15	110	9	8	9	—	18	15	99	0

Membership changes 3

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 111th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Dec 7, 2010	Mark Kirk R-IL	Joined	S.Res. 696
Nov 18, 2010	Roland Burris D-IL	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Mar 2, 2010	Scott P. Brown R-MA	Joined	S.Res. 429

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