On 15 May 2012, the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (SAC-MILCON/VA) held their markup and passed by voice vote its draft version of the Senate FY13 MILCON/VA.

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AUSN sent the attached letters to Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ) and Senator Marco Rubio (FL) in support of bill S 3203, the Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012.

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Analysis- Defense House Appropriations for Fiscal year 2013, Full Committee Markup with attached documents.

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AUSN sent the attached letter to Rep. Chris Gibson (NY-20) in support of Floor Amendments #170 and 171 to the Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

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AUSN sent the attached letter to Rep. Jeff Denham (CA-19) in support of bill H.R. 4155, the Veteran Skills to Jobs Act.

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Analysis- MILCON/VA Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2013, Full Committee HAC markup of MILCON/VA with attached documents.

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AUSN sent the attached letters to Sen. Mark Begich (AK), Sen. John Boozman (AR) and Rep. Janice Hahn (CA-36) in support of bills S. 3049 and H.R. 4287 - legislation to re-define the term “homeless veterans” for purposes of broadening the scope of help for VA to assist homeless vets.

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Overview of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) passed/approved Full Committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Fiscal Year 2013, H.R. 4310, as of 14 May 2012.

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Overview of the Senate’s National Defense Authorization Act, S. 2467- Intro Version, for Fiscal Year 2013, as of 14 May 2012.

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On 8 May 2012, the House Appropriations Committee- Subcommittee on Defense (HAC-D) completed its markup of the Defense Appropriation bill for Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13). Highlights of the FY13 HAC-D markup include: $128.5 billion to provide for 1,401,560 active-duty troops and 843,400 reserves ($2.6 billion below last year, due to the reduction in troop totals).

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