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As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 12, 2012

S. 2241 would provide additional education benefits to the spouses of servicemembers who died while serving on active duty. The bill also would ensure that veterans, servicemembers, and their dependents receive specific information about educational institutions and other education-related information when using their education benefits and make changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) administer their education benefit programs.

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects for S. 3202, as provided to CBO on December 18, 2012

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 12, 2012

S. 3313 would expand the types and availability of infertility treatment provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $568 million over the 2013-2017 period, assuming appropriation of the estimated amounts. Enacting S. 3313 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you go procedures do not apply.

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 12, 2012

S. 3340 would extend mental health services offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to family members of active-duty servicemembers, enhance programs for homeless veterans, and make other changes to veterans’ health care, compensation and burial benefits. In total, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have a discretionary cost of $310 million over the 2013-2017 period, assuming appropriation of the specified and estimated amounts.

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 12, 2012

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 20, 2012

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 11, 2012

H.R. 5747 would reduce direct spending by extending for one month an expiring provision of law that limits pensions paid to certain veterans who are receiving Medicaid coverage in a Medicaid-approved nursing home.

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
on September 12, 2012

S. 1707 would modify an existing requirement that certain individuals determined to be mentally incompetent by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) be prohibited from purchasing or possessing legal firearms. CBO expects that implementing S. 1707 would have no significant budgetary impact.

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
on September 12, 2012

S. 2259 would increase the amounts paid to veterans for disability compensation and to their survivors for dependency and indemnity compensation by the same cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) payable to Social Security recipients. The increase would take effect on December 1, 2012, and the resulting adjustment would be rounded to the next lower dollar.

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
on July 11, 2012