Committee Advances Veteran Bills

Week of November 30, 2009

The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, led by Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA), recently approved two bills. H.R. 3949 -- the Veterans Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009-- (1) would include amending the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to improve the equitable relief available for servicemembers called to active duty, including allowing greater flexibility for family cell phone plans, rental leases, and motor vehicle leases when a servicemember has changed duty stations or been deployed. H.R. 1168 would authorize living stipend and moving assistance to veterans who have been unemployed for at least 4 months, who are not eligible for training or education under VA, and who are enrolled in a U.S. Department of Labor re-training program. 

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