OK..help me,oh brilliant ones...looking up status of HR 1354

[w8liftinglady]

hr1354-Lane Evans bill, which would get veterans the counseling and support they need.

Did it pass,and if it did,who voted which way?Is it still in committee...I can't find info past 2008,which stated it was in the Armed Forces subcommittee.


um,I'll admit-I was checking out an old email I received from IAVA...now I'm stirred up.

http://www.thisisforthesoldiers.org/index.htm

[KamaAina]

1. Thomas is your friend

the Library of Congress' bill-tracking website.

http://thomas.loc.gov

[w8liftinglady]

2. according to this ...the bill is still in subcommittee

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.01354:

[w8liftinglady]

3. um..almost 3 years later...

[hfojvt]

5. meaning that it is not going anywhere

unless it was re-introduced, or another bill, or amendment, was passed doing many of the same things

[hfojvt]

4. not really, it is often hard to search

it took me a bit to find this

3/6/2007:
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
3/6/2007:
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
3/6/2007:
Referred to House Armed Services
4/3/2007:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

meaning it was apparently tabled, or died in committee in 2007, unless it was picked up and passed later in a later Congress.

Maybe the original sponsor would know or have more info Sponsor: Rep Moran, James P. (introduced 3/6/2007)

[w8liftinglady]

6. thanks...that's pretty much what I found,too...

[Hosnon]

7. I agree. Thomas is not user-friendly at all. nt.

[w8liftinglady]

8. obama sponsored the Senate version

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-117

I'm still looking for re-submittal

[w8liftinglady]

9. unfortunately,as you research further-from 2002-2009,most ...

bills that had anything substantial to do with returning vets ...that didn't involve cutting taxes...died in committee...regardless of who introduced them.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/subjects.xpd?type=crs&term=Veterans&session=108
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/subjects.xpd?type=crs&term=Veterans&session=109
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/subjects.xpd?type=crs&term=Veterans&session=110

that's what I was afraid of.