Iowa’s Veteran’s Legislation
and Legislative Contact Information

VETERAN LEGISLATION STATUS 29 OCT 08:   Refer to the Veteran House Legislation & Veterans Senate Legislation for a listing of Congressional bills of interest to the veteran community that have been introduced in the 110th Congress. Support of these bills through cosponsorship by other legislators is critical if they are ever going to move through the legislative process for a floor vote to become law.  A good indication on that likelihood is the number of cosponsors who have signed onto the bill. A cosponsor is a member of Congress who has joined one or more other members in his/her chamber (i.e. House or Senate) to sponsor a bill or amendment. The member who introduces the bill is considered the sponsor.  Members subsequently signing on are called cosponsors. Any number of members may cosponsor a bill in the House or Senate. At http://thomas.loc.gov  you can also review a copy of each bill's content, determine its current status, the committee it has been assigned to, and if your legislator is a sponsor or cosponsor of it.  To determine what bills, amendments your representative has sponsored, cosponsored, or dropped sponsorship on refer to http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110/sponlst.html.  The key to increasing cosponsorship on veteran related bills and subsequent passage into law is letting our representatives know of veteran's feelings on issues.  At the end of some listed bills is a web link that can be used to do that. You can also reach his/her Washington via the Capital Operator direct at (866) 272-6622, (800) 828-0498,  or (866) 340-9281 to express your views. Otherwise, you can locate on http://thomas.loc.gov  who your representative is and his/her phone number, mailing address, or email/website to communicate with a message or letter of your own making.  Refer to http://www.thecapitol.net/FAQ/cong _schedule.html for future times that you can access your representatives on their home turf. 

Iowa Veterans Council Meeting Minutes 09/09/08

IOWA VETERANS COUNCIL (IVC) LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES OF 6 AUGUST 2008

Resolution Index 2009

2009 Resolutions

Contact your State Representative or member of the Iowa Legislature

REPRESENTATIVES

IOWA LEGISLATORS

VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

• Veterans Affairs Information
  Meetings
  Subcommittee Assignments
• Legislation
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  (Files, Resolutions, Joint Resolutions, and Concurrent Resolutions)
   
• Bills In Committee
• Amendments
• Study Bills

Legislation and Voters
Issues Affecting Disabled Veterans

     Send prepared messages to Congress, view legislative alerts, and keep up with information on pending legislation affecting disabled veterans at Advocacy in Action

Findings from Veterans Health Care Funding Survey (pdf)

Letter to Leadership on Unfinished Agenda (pdf)

Read About Mandatory Funding Hearings

DAV Opposes Attorneys Charging Veterans for Claims Processing

2008 Mid-Winter Talking Points (pdf)

Understanding DAV's Key Votes

Update on VA Theft of Data

Update on Veterans' Disability Commission Actions, June 6, 2006

View Articles on VA's Funding Shortfall (pdf)

Grassroots Lobbying Guidelines (pdf)

Legislative Talking Points (pdf)

Veteran's Healthcare: A Continuing Cost of War (pdf)

VA's Role in Recovery from Natural Disaster (pdf)

DAV's responses to questions from the Senate Veteran's Affairs Committee regarding benefits for veterans rated unemployable (pdf)

Dave Gorman's response to Adm Cooper's testimony before the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission (pdf)

DAV Prevails in Fight Over Bilateral Tinnitus Claims

Read DAV Health Care Survey Results:

• · Final Report (pdf)
• · Executive Summary (pdf)
• · Detailed Results (pdf)

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  Members of pertinent committees of the 109th Congress (pdf)
  
  Letter from DAV and other organizations regarding VA's rewrite of claims adjudication regulations (pdf)
  
  Veterans' Medical Care Funding, Clarifying the Facts (pdf)
  
  Town Hall Meeting Kit (pdf)
  
  Joint Statement in Support of Mandatory Health Care from the DAV, The American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (pdf)
  
  Power of the Vote