United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

The standing Committee on Veterans' Affairs in the United States House of Representatives oversees agencies, reviews current legislation, and recommends new bills or amendments concerning U.S. military veterans. Jurisdiction includes retiring and disability pensions, life insurance, education (including the G.I. Bill), vocational training, medical care, and home loan guarantees. The committee oversees the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), veterans' hospitals, and veterans' cemeteries, except cemeteries under the Secretary of the Interior.

The committee was created by Section 121(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 79-601), which authorized a standing committee of 27 members.

Past and current chairs

The chairs of the committee:

1947 – 1948: Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA)
1949 – 1952: John Elliott Rankin (D-MS)
1953 – 1954: Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA)
1955 – 1972: Olin E. Teague (D-TX)
1973 – 1974: William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D-SC)
1975 – 1980: Herbert Ray Roberts (D-TX)
1981 – 1994: Gillespie V. Montgomery (D-MS)
1995 – 2001: Bob Stump (R-AZ)
2001 – 2004: Chris Smith (R-NJ)
2005 – 2007: Steve Buyer (R-IN)
2007- 2011: Bob Filner (D-CA)
2011–Present: Jeff Miller (R-FL)

Members

114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Jeff Miller, Florida, Chairman Doug Lamborn, Colorado Gus Bilirakis, Florida, Vice Chair Phil Roe, Tennessee Dan Benishek, Michigan Tim Huelskamp, Kansas Mike Coffman, Colorado Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Jackie Walorski, Indiana Ralph Abraham, Louisiana Lee Zeldin, New York Ryan Costello, Pennsylvania Amata Coleman Radewagen, American Samoa Mike Bost, Illinois	Corrine Brown, Florida, Ranking Member Mark Takano, California Julia Brownley, California Dina Titus, Nevada Raul Ruiz, California Ann McLane Kuster, New Hampshire Beto O'Rourke, Texas Kathleen Rice, New York Tim Walz, Minnesota Jerry McNerney, California

Resolutions electing Republican members: H.Res. 6 (Chairs)
Resolutions electing Democratic members: H.Res. 7, H.Res. 30, H.Res. 40 and H.Res. 77

According to committee members' official online biographies, seven of the twenty-five members are veterans: Mark Amodei, Mike Coffman, Paul Cook, Jeff Denham, Phil Roe, Tim Walz, and Brad Wenstrup.

Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Ranking Member
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs	Jon Runyan (R-NJ)	Dina Titus (D-NV)
Economic Opportunity	Bill Flores (R-TX)	Mark Takano (D-CA)
Health	Dan Benishek (R-MI)	Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Oversight and Investigations	Mike Coffman (R-CO)	Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)

References

External links

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Rogers Rankin Rogers Teague Dorn Roberts Montgomery Stump Smith Buyer Filner Miller

Current United States congressional committees

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Defunct committees

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