S. 1982: Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014

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S. 1982: Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-02-03 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment (SA 2767) fell when the bill was committed in Senate. (consideration: CR S1209-1210)

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Official title

Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014

Plain summary

Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends federal veterans provisions to revise or add provisions concerning medical services and other benefits provided to veterans and/or their dependents through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) relating to the following areas: survivor and dependent matters, including benefits for children of certain veterans born with spina bifida; education matters, including the approval of courses for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force and the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance programs; the expansion and extension of certain health care benefits, including immunizations, chiropractic care, treatment for traumatic brain injury, and wellness promotion; health care administration, including extension of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program, and complementary and alternative medicine; mental health care, including an education program and peer support program for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders; dental care eligibility and expansion, including a program of education to promote dental health in veterans; health care related to sexual trauma, including appropriate counseling and treatment and a screening mechanism to detect incidents of domestic abuse; reproductive treatment and services, including fertility counseling as well as adoption assistance for severely wounded veterans; major medical facility leases; veterans' employment training and related services; veterans' employment, including within the federal government and as first responders; career transition services; employment and reemployment rights of members of the Armed Forces after active duty service; small business matters, including contracting and subcontracting participation goals with federal departments and agencies; administrative matters, including regional support centers for Veterans Integrated Service Networks; the revision of claims based on military sexual trauma as well as claims for dependency and indemnity compensation; jurisdictional matters, including with respect to the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; the revision of certain rights under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, including protections with respect to the expiration of professional licenses, a prohibition on the denial of credit or the termination of residential leases due to military service, and the temporary protection of surviving spouses under mortgage foreclosures; and outreach and miscellaneous matters, including: (1) repeal of the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62, and (2) the accounting for discretionary accounts designated for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · 29 cosponsors

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Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] reported raising $26.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

• Senate vote 44 (2014): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed, S1982 (2014-02-25): Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to
• Senate vote 45 (2014): On the Motion to Table, S1982 (2014-02-27): Motion to Table Failed
• Senate vote 46 (2014): On the Motion, S1982 (2014-02-27): Motion Rejected

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1982.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s1982 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113