The standing Committee on Veterans' Affairs in the United States House of Representatives oversees agencies, reviews current legistation, and recommends new bills or amendments concerning veterans. Jurisdiction includes retirement and disability pensions, life insurance, education (including the G.I. Bill), vocational training, medical care, and home loan guarantees. The committee oversees the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), veterans' hospitals, and veterans' cemeteries, except cemeteries under the Secretary of the Interior[1] (http://veterans.house.gov/about/juris.htm). A standing committee is a subunit of a political or deliberative body established in a permanent fashion to aid the parent assembly in accomplishing its duties, usually by provided focussed attention on one particular subject matter. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... An Act of Congress is a bill or resolution adopted by both houses of the United States Congress to which one of the following events has happened: Acceptance by the President of the United States, Inaction by the President after ten days from reception (excluding Sundays) while the Congress is... A pension (also known as superannuation) is a retirement plan intended to provide a person with a secure income for life. ... Life insurance policies, including pensions and life annuity policies, provide payments depending on the life or the death of a particular person or persons. ... The G. I. Bill of Rights or Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944 provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans as well as one-year of unemployment compensation. ... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... A loan is a type of debt. ... The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for administering programs of veterans benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. ... A hospital today is an institution for professional health care provided by physicians and nurses. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior, concerned with such matters as national parks and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ...

The committee was created by Section 121(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 79-601), which authorized a standing committee of 27 members. The number of members has fluxuated, but as of 2005 (the 109th Congress) it stands at 28, with 25 serving members and 3 vacancies[2]  (http://veterans.house.gov/about/history/index.html). Steve Buyer (R-IN) presides as chair, Michael Bilirakis (R-FL) is the vice chair, and Lane Evans (D-IL) is the ranking member[3]  (http://veterans.house.gov/about/index.html). Public law is the area of the law governing the relationship between individuals (citizens, companies) and the state. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... | Speaker of the House || Dennis Hastert || Republican || IL-14 | Majority Leader || Tom DeLay || Republican || TX-22 | Minority Leader || Nancy Pelosi || Democrat || CA-08 | Majority Whip || Roy Blunt || Republican || MO-7 | Minority Whip || Steny Hoyer || Democrat || MD-5 | President || Richard B. Cheney || Republican || Wyoming | President pro tempore || Theodore F. Stevens || Republican... Stephen Earle Buyer (born November 26, 1958), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 4th District of Indiana. ... Michael Bikirakis (born July 16, 1930), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983, representing the 9th District of Florida. ... Lane Allen Evans (born August 4, 1951), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983, representing the 17th District of Illinois. ... Ranking member, in American politics, is a term used to refer to the member of a committee in Congress who is the longest-serving member of the party not in the majority (the longest-serving member of the majority is the chairman). ...

Subcommittees

All members of the committee during the 109th Congress are on at least one of the four subcommittees[4]  (http://veterans.house.gov/about/index.html):

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

The Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs is responsible for pensions, burial benefits and compensation, the Board of Veterans' Appeals, the Court of Veterans' Claims, and all U.S. cemeteries where a veteran was laid to rest[5] (http://veterans.house.gov/about/dama.html). Arkansas Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock - known as Westminster Abbey of Arkansas; California Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles; Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles; Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma is the burial site of William Randolph Hearst and other members of the Hearst family plus prominent citizens from the San Francisco...

• Chair: Jeff Miller (R-FL)
• Vice chair: Jerry Moran (R-KS)
• Ranking member: Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
• Members: Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Lane Evans (D-IL), Tom Udall (D-NM), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)

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Economic Opportunity

The Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity is responsible for education, vocational training, housing, civil relief, and readjustment to civilian life[6] (http://veterans.house.gov/about/econopp.html).

• Chair: John Boozman (R-AR)
• Vice chair: Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
• Ranking member: Stephanie Herseth (D-SD)
• Other members: Richard Baker (R-LA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Devin Nunes (R-CA)

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Health

The Subcommittee on Health is responsible for health care, and veterans' hospitals including the network run by the VA[7] (http://veterans.house.gov/about/health.html).

• Chair: Henry Brown (R-SC)
• Vice chair: Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
• Ranking member: Michael Michaud (D-ME)
• Other members: Richard Baker (R-LA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL), Jeff Miller (R-FL) Jerry Moran (R-KS), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Vic Snyder (D-AR), Michael R. Turner (R-OH)

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Oversight and Investigations

Oversight and Investigations is responsible for the VA and other federal agencies, and for reviewing benefits[8]  (http://veterans.house.gov/about/oversight.html).

• Chair: Mike Bilirakis (R-FL)
• Vice chair: Terry Everett (R-AL)
• Ranking member: Ted Strickland (D-OH)
• Other members: John Boozman (R-AR), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), and one vacancy.

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Past chairs

The past chairs of the committee[9]  (http://veterans.house.gov/about/history/pastchairmen.html):

• 1947–1948: Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA)
• 1949–1952: John Elliott Rankin (D-MS)
• 1953–1954: Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA)
• 1955–1972: Olin Teague (D-TX)
• 1973–1974: William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D-SC)
• 1975–1980: Herbert Ray Roberts (D-TX)
• 1981–1994: Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery (D-MS)
• 1995–2001: Bob Stump (R-AZ)
• 2001–2004: Chris Smith (R-NJ)
• 2005+: Steve Buyer (R-IN)

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List of members

The members of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs during the 109th Congress[10] (http://veterans.house.gov/about/members.html):

• Richard Baker (R-LA)
• Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
• Michael Bilirakis (R-FL, vice chair)
• John Boozman (R-AR)
• Jeb Bradley (R-NH)
• Corrine Brown (D-FL)
• Henry Brown (R-SC)
• Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
• Steve Buyer (IN, chair)
• Lane Evans (D-IL, ranking member)
• Terry Everett (R-AL)
• Bob Filner (D-CA)
• Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL)
• Stephanie Herseth (D-SD)
• Darlene Hooley (D-OR)
• Michael Michaud (D-ME)
• Jeff Miller (R-FL)
• Jerry Moran (R-KS)
• Devin Nunes (R-CA)
• Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
• Vic Snyder (D-AR)
• Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
• Ted Strickland (D-OH)
• Michael R. Turner (R-OH)
• Tom Udall (D-NM)

References

• House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. About the committee (http://veterans.house.gov/about/index.html). Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• --. Committee jurisdiction (http://veterans.house.gov/about/juris.htm). Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• --. History of the committee (http://veterans.house.gov/about/history/index.html). Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• --. Members  (http://veterans.house.gov/about/history/index.html). Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• --. Past chairmen of the committee (http://veterans.house.gov/about/history/pastchairmen.html). Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• --. Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (http://veterans.house.gov/about/dama.html). Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• --. Subcommittee on Health (http://veterans.house.gov/about/health.html). Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• --. Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity (http://veterans.house.gov/about/econopp.html). Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• --. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (http://veterans.house.gov/about/oversight.html). Retrieved March 1, 2005.

See also

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External links

• House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (http://veterans.house.gov/)
• Department of Veteran's Affairs (http://www.va.gov/index.htm)
• House Veterans' Affairs Committee Democratic Webpage (http://veterans.house.gov/democratic/welcome.htm)