Jon Tester

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and modify certain authorities and requirements relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

To improve mental health services of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2024, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the administration of housing loans of the Department of Veterans Affairs to prevent or resolve default under such loans, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine the eligibility or entitlement of a member or former member of the Armed Forces described in subsection (a) to a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary solely based on alternative sources of evidence when the military service records or medical treatment records of the member or former member are incomplete because of damage or loss of records after being in the possession of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

To improve the emergency management capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

To limit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from modifying the rate of payment or reimbursement for transportation of veterans or other individuals via special modes of transportation under the laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve matters relating to medical examinations for veterans disability compensation, and for other purposes.

To improve community care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

To strengthen accountability and oversight at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Acquisition Review Board of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to establish the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Department, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the threshold amount for minor medical facility construction projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of veterans, and for other purposes.

To expand and extend benefits available to veterans in response to the COVID–19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

To authorize an electronic health record modernization program of the Department of Veterans Affairs and increase oversight and accountability of the program to better serve veterans, medical professionals of the Department, and taxpayers, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to exempt industrial hemp from certain requirements under the hemp production program, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prepare an annual report on suicide prevention, and for other purposes.