BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Synedi//Hearing Calendar//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:338350@synedi.ai DTSTAMP:20260707T101509Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T180000 SUMMARY:Hearings to examine S.749\, to amend title 38\, United States Code\ , to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviv ing spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis\, regar dless of how long the veterans had such disease prior to death\, S.1127\, to amend title 38\, United States Code\, to expand eligibility for memoria l headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals who died before November 11\, 1998\, S.3000\, to requ ire the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report instances of disability benefit questionnaire fraud\, S.3098\, to amend title 38\, Unit ed States Code\, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish i nformation about conditions and cohorts the Department of Veterans Affairs is considering for purposes of establishing or removing presumptions of s ervice connection regarding toxic exposure\, S.3170\, to direct the Secret ary of Veterans Affairs to implement an automated system with callback fun ctionality for each customer service telephone line of the Department of V eterans Affairs\, S.3286\, to amend title 38\, United States Code\, to imp rove processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benef its under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs\, S.3 311\, to amend title 38\, United States Code\, to eliminate conflicts of i nterest in peer review for quality management of care conducted by the Vet erans Health Administration\, S.3395\, to expand the telescreening mammogr aphy pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs\, S.3591\, to req uire the Secretary of Labor\, in coordination with the Secretary of Vetera ns Affairs\, to develop a notice detailing benefits available to veterans\ , and to require employers to display such notice\, S.3647\, to require th e Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to address bowel an d bladder care needs for veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders\ , S.3653\, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out effor ts to inform veterans of their rights with regards to the receipt of healt h care\, benefits\, and services furnished under provisions of law adminis tered by the Secretary\, S.3706\, to amend title 38\, United States Code\, to authorize the provision of produce prescriptions to veterans\, S.3726\ , to amend title 38\, United States Code\, to require the President to def ine veteran success and to develop and implement a National Veterans Strat egy\, S.3988\, to amend title 38\, United States Code\, to direct the Secr etary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder and increase access to a ssistive technologies\, S.3992\, to amend title 10\, United States Code\, to codify authority for the Joint Medical Facility Fund of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs\, S.3993\, to amend titl e 38\, United States Code\, and title 10\, United States Code\, to elimina te those provisions relating to veterans educational assistance that disad vantage eligible individuals who choose to pursue programs of apprenticesh ip or other on-job training instead of a four-year college degree\, S.3999 \, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that women veter ans may schedule appointments for women's specialty care under the laws ad ministered by the Secretary without requiring a referral\, S.4043\, to ame nd title 38\, United States Code\, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans\, S.4108\, to amend title 38\ , United States Code\, to increase burial and funeral expenses paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of death from a service-connect ed disability\, S.4140\, to amend title 38\, United States Code\, to impro ve the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities\, S .4197\, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a progra m under which the Secretary shall award grants to certain State entities t o expand access to structured outdoor recreation programs for veterans tha t enhance veteran wellness\, S.4220\, to amend title 38\, United States Co de\, to establish within the Veterans Health Administration an Office of N ovel Therapeutics\, S.4400\, to amend title 38\, United States Code\, to r equire the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a five-year human capi tal plan to support the mission and responsibilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to require the Secretary provide notice before carryi ng out a reduction in force\, an original bill entitled "Veteran Acquired Brain Injury Caregiving Act"\, and an original bill entitled "Maternal Hea lth for Veterans Act". LOCATION:Russell 418 DESCRIPTION:Veterans' Affairs Committee\nStatus: Scheduled\nhttps://synedi. ai/hearing/s749-amend-title-38-united-states-code-extend-increased-depende ncy-2026 URL:https://synedi.ai/hearing/s749-amend-title-38-united-states-code-extend -increased-dependency-2026 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR