{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-bills-support-veterans-pass-house-veterans-affairs-committee", "Garbarino Bills In Support of Veterans Pass House Veterans Affairs Committee", "2022-07-25", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.- The House Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs recently held a full committee markup for several bills to strengthen benefits for veterans across America. Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) is proud to announce that three bills he helped introduce were passed out of the committee and are awaiting a full vote before the House of Representatives. They include H.R. 8260 - the Faster Payments to Veterans\u2019 Survivors Act, H.R. 7299 - the Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act of 2022, and H.R. 5606 \u2013 the Return to Home Housing Act.\n\n\u201cOur Veterans have made incredible sacrifices to protect this great nation, and it is a moral imperative to ensure they are taken care of when they return home,\u201d said Rep. Garbarino. \u201cThese bills would expand and streamline veterans\u2019 access to benefits and make sure that their personal information is protected from cyber criminals. I am pleased that my bills were passed by the Committee, and I will continue to push for critical reforms like those offered in this legislation on behalf of our veterans.\u201d\n\nFaster Payments to Veterans\u2019 Survivors Act\n\nWould streamline the process by which the families of our fallen heroes are able to receive benefits. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to strengthen its processes for identifying, locating, and paying hard-to-find survivors and other beneficiaries after the death of a veteran. The bill shortens the timeframe for the VA to contact beneficiaries, setting a 2-year goal to get the funds disbursed.\n\nStrengthening VA Cybersecurity Act of 2022\n\nWould require the VA to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to provide a cybersecurity assessment of high-impact VA information systems and the effectiveness of the VA\u2019s information security program and information security management system. The bill will help protect the aging veteran population from cyber threats by educating our veterans and defending against attacks from malicious actors.\n\nReturn to Home Housing Act\n\nWould adjust the rate of per diem payments provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to grantees that provide services to homeless veterans. The bill will increase the reimbursement maximum from 115% to 200%, which will ensure providers in a majority of regions can get adequately reimbursed for their costs of supplying transitional housing to unhoused veterans and make sure our heroes returning home always have a roof over their heads.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-bills-support-veterans-pass-house-veterans-affairs-committee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7083800155669451, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}