Subject: [vetissues] Updated Hearing Schedule

(EXCERPT) June 2002

Benefits Subcommittee Hearing on the status of the VA's implementation of the VA Claims Processing Task Force's recommendations, and the potential for a greater VA/Veterans Service Organization "partnership".

DATE/TIME/PLACE: June 6 (Thursday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon

Benefits Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 3173, the Servicemembers and Military Families Financial Protection Act of 2001; H.R. 3735, the Department of Veterans Affairs Overpayment Administration Improvement Act of 2002; H.R. 3771, to exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by states and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits; and H.R. 4042, the Veterans Home Loan Prepayment Protection Act of 2002 Two draft bills will also be considered: the Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act, and legislation providing dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran with a totally disabling service-connected cold-weather injury DATE/TIME/PLACE: June 11 (Tuesday), 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon Health Subcommittee Hearing on the health care of Filipino World War II veterans within the Department of Veterans Affairs DATE/TIME/PLACE: June 13 (Thursday), 3:00 p.m., 334 Cannon

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