Legislative Update 6 January 2017: The 115th Congress Begins

                         We have one Action Item today at Issue 1 below

                                           Issues 

                  Click on the underlined titles below: 

REPEAL SEQUESTRATION NOW

Send your legislators a MOAA-suggested message urging repeal

Without a sequestration fix, DoD’s budget options go from bad to worse next year and beyond.

DOD UPDATE ON CA NATIONAL GUARD BONUSES

Army works overtime to reach resolution

DoD moves forward to quickly resolve debts created by erroneous bonus payments.

AVALANCHE OF ENACTED TRICARE CHANGES POSES CHALLENGES

Lots of TRICARE changes coming

Implementation might not be seamless.

TWO KEY SECRETARIES SHARE THEIR DEPARTING THOUGHTS

DoD Secretary Ash Carter’s exit memo can be found here.

VA Secretary Bob McDonald’s exit memo can be found here.

THE EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER PROGRAM: THE LONG ROAD TO PARITY

A focus on programs and services for DoD family members with special needs

The next Military Family Readiness Council meeting spotlights the needs of exceptional family members.

DEFENSE BILL WINS

Personnel and health care gains in defense bill

Check out our quick video recap of the FY 2017 defense bill.

 

 

 

 

 

Collectively We Can and Are Making a Difference

 

FOR ALL, Please feel free to pass these Weekly Legislative Updates on to your group of Veteran Friends – don’t be concerned with possible duplications – if your friends are as concerned as we are with Veteran issues, they probably won’t mind getting this from two or more friendly sources.

.                  That’s it for today- Thanks for your continuing help!