Committee MeetingSenateMeeting
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Guy T. Kiyokawa, of Hawaii, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Enterprise Integration), and James D. Rodriguez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S.1342, to establish an interagency committee on the development of green alert systems that would be activated when a veteran goes missing, S.1779, to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate copayments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for medicines relating to preventive health services, S.1937, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to furnish doula services to veterans, S.1944, to improve Vet Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.2283, to improve the Veterans Crisis Line of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.2386, to amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018, to expand the peer specialist support program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to all medical centers of the Department, S.2526, to authorize the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into agreements for the planning, design, and construction of facilities to be operated as shared medical facilities, S.2533, to improve mammography services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.2624, to authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, S.2720, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national clinical pathway for prostate cancer, S.2787, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of doctors of podiatric medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.2852, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of care in non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently, S.2924, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit certain information to personnel of Vet Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding members of the Armed Forces transitioning from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life, an original bill entitled, "Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act", an original bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish new requirements for State homes for veterans that receive per diem from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, an original bill entitled, "Veterans Dental Care Eligibility Expansion and Enhancement Act", an original bill entitled, "Veterans State Eligibility Standardization Act", and an original bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the Chaplain Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Held
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Russell Senate Office Building 418
Held by
Senate Veterans' Affairs