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The Veterans' Affairs Committee does not have legislative jurisdiction [1] over the following issues: Tax status of veterans benefits and contributions to Veterans Service Organizations (Committee on Ways and Means); Military retiree issues, including COLA's and disability pay (Committee on Armed Services);
The act awarded veterans additional pay in various forms, with only limited payments available in the short term. The value of each veteran's "credit" was based on each recipient's service in the United States Armed Forces between April 5, 1917, and July 1, 1919, with $1.00 awarded for each day served in the United States and $1.25 for each day served abroad.
By the summer of 1979, the Council of Vietnam Veterans had transformed into Vietnam Veterans of America, a veterans service organization made up of, and devoted to, Vietnam veterans. Bobby Muller and Stuart F. Feldman were among the organization's co-founders. [2] Membership grew steadily, and for the first time, VVA secured significant ...
In the United States, there are more than 7,000 U.S.-based nonprofit organizations assisting veterans and their families. [1] In the United Kingdom and its former colonies, an ex-service organisation is a voluntary association dedicated to the welfare of ex-service personnel (i.e. veterans). In addition to welfare services, they often ...
Toggle List of veterans' organizations subsection. 1.1 International veterans' organizations. 1.2 National veterans' organizations. 1.2.1 Australia. 1.2.2 Canada. 1.2 ...
Veterans medically discharged as a result of combat service can receive $1,000, regardless of how much time they spent in theater, plus up to $500 for months of service elsewhere. Family members of those killed in action or who died from disease as a result of their in-theater service can receive a bonus of $5,000 plus whatever the service ...
The Army and Navy Union (A&NU), formally the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America is the oldest veterans' organization in the United States. It was organized on March 31, 1888, in Ohio. Its name changed over time from just a soldier's union to take account for all sailors and soldiers in all branches of the United States Armed ...
Chapter 2103: 369th Veterans' Association; Chapter 2201: United Service Organizations, Incorporated; Chapter 2203: United States Capitol Historical Society; Chapter 2205: United States Olympic Committee; Chapter 2207: United States Submarine Veterans of World War II; Chapter 2301: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States