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Let the Meeting Begin!

 

 As everyone is about to sit them selves down to begin another NYSC meeting our Sgt at Arms - Big Joe gives his famous prior meeting speech: Clicking Here to listen.

 

 We started out with the passing of the amendment to our By-Laws for the changing of the resident requirement for District Directors where they do not have to live in their respective districts to be eligible for election.

 
 
 

 

 Our guest speaker - VVA National President John Rowan who talks about Veterans Health Care, reaching out to those Vietnam Vets who are not yet signed up with the VA and more......

Click Here to listen to John's speech which is about 23min long and is in .MP3 format. Depending on your connection speed this may take a few moments to load.

 

 

 

 

Gordon Lane talks about his new project information for Veterans and Those Who Care: "Transitioning From the War Zone"

 

Coming home from the war zone is great, and it should be a happy time for all - Click Here to listen to Gordon's speech which is about 27 minutes long and is also in .MP3 format. Depending on your connection speed this may take a few moments to load.

 

Both speeches are best listened to with Windows Media player if you do not have this program Click Here to download the latest program.

 

Eligible Veterans to receive one-time payment of $250.00 by June 30, 2009

 

VA Begins Stimulus Payments to Veterans Recipients of Some VA Benefits Will Receive $250

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has requested the Department of the Treasury to make $250 payments to eligible Veterans as part of President Obama's recovery plan. The first payments were sent Monday, June 22. All payments will be distributed by June 30.

As part of the recovery plan, VA is making one-time payments of $250 to eligible Veterans and survivors to offset the effects of the current economy. VA estimates $500 million in payments will be made to approximately 1.9 million Veterans and eligible beneficiaries as part of this measure.

To be eligible for the payment, VA beneficiaries must have received VA's compensation, pension, dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), or spina bifida benefits at any time between November 2008 and January 2009. Also, beneficiaries must reside within the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa or the U.S. Virgin Islands.

No application is necessary. VA used its existing payment records to determine eligibility for the $250 payment. Beneficiaries will receive their payments the same way they receive their monthly VA benefits -- either by direct deposit or in the mail.

This payment is not countable in determining eligibility for VA pension or Parents' DIC. The law allows one $250 payment per person. The payment is tax-free. VA beneficiaries who also receive benefits from the Social Security Administration or Railroad Retirement Board will be paid through those agencies, and will therefore not receive the payment from VA.

VA will spend more than $1.4 billion as part of President Obama's economic recovery plan to improve services to America's Veterans. VA's Internet site - www.va.gov/recovery - provides current information about VA's work to deliver its portion of recovery act funds to benefit Veterans.

House votes 409-1 and pass H.R. 1016 Advanced Funding for VA Health Care

 

 Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 1016, landmark legislation to secure timely funding for veterans' health care delivered through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Bob Filner (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, announced passage of the bill that would authorize the 'advance appropriations' process. The bill provides Congress greater ability to develop appropriation bills that provide sufficient funding to meet the best estimate of anticipated demand for VA health care services in future years by allowing funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical accounts one year in advance.

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House passes Woman Veterans Bill H.R. 1211 408-0

 

Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Bob Filner (D-CA) announced that the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1211, a bill to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

The Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act, introduced by Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), addresses the needs of the 1.8 million women who have served in the military. H.R. 1211 would especially focus on the health care needs of those serving in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The bill requires the VA to provide medical care for newborn children of women veterans, establish a pilot program for child care services, and enhance programs available to veterans suffering from military sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. Additionally, the VA would be required to conduct a comprehensive study on barriers encountered by women veterans when attempting to access the VA health care system.

 

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House passes disabled veterans bill

 

 "The disabled veterans' tax has for decades prevented retirees from receiving the full benefits they earned in military pay and compensation," said Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton, D-Mo., who sponsored the bill (HR 2990). "The one group of retirees that have endured great hardship, but have been among the last to be embraced by reform, is the disabled retirees with less than 20 years of service."

Many, he said, would have served a full military career but could not do so because of their disabilities.

The measure, which passed 404-0, would:Expand disabled veterans' eligibility for simultaneous military retirement and veterans' disability payments; Extend eligibility for bonuses and allowances to military personnel, including Reserve forces, health care professionals and nuclear officers, by a year; and Refigure the retirement pay scale to reflect reservists' post-retirement service and allow them to receive retired pay if they are performing non-regular, post-retirement service. Under the rule governing floor consideration of the fiscal 2010 defense authorization bill (HR 2647), Skelton's measure would be added to the defense bill before the House votes on passage.






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