VA Extenders Act of 2024
The VA Extenders Act of 2024 extends the expiration dates for numerous existing Department of Veterans Affairs programs from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2025. This includes health care services (like copayment collection for hospital care, nursing home care for veterans with service-connected disabilities, and complementary health programs), memorial services (headstones and burial benefits), homelessness assistance programs, and other VA authorities. The bill does not create new programs or change current policies, but ensures continuity of existing services for veterans without disruption. By extending these program authorizations, the bill prevents gaps in access to VA services that would have occurred if the programs had expired. This is a routine extension of current VA programs without substantive policy changes.
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Sep 2024
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Introduced Sep 19, 2024
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Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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