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November 27, 2021
National Directors Report
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday! I’ve been doing a lot of
information gathering from National information. I also attended a virtual
meeting with the Field Advisory Committee with the Albuquerque SCI
center on November 3 & 4. I had a virtual meeting with the National
President, several Vice Presidents, and other National directors on the 18
of November.
HISA Grant Update:
On November 2, bipartisan sponsors introduced H.R. 5819, the Autonomy
for Disabled Veterans Act, which would raise HISA rates and tie them to a
formula that raises rates annually. Specifically, the legislation would increase
the lifetime grant rate for service-connected veterans to $10,000 and non-
service-connected veterans to $5,000. It would also tie the grant to the
Consumer Price Index to ensure that it better meets the needs of veterans
moving forward. This legislation is one of PVA’s priorities and we urge you
to ask your members of Congress to support it. Please pass this on and
have everyone click on this link to send a message to your Congress
members.
Social Security Update:
On October 26, the long awaited, revised version of the Social Security 2100
Act was introduced. This revised Act will do a lot of good things for Social
Security services such as COLA cost of living adjustments. PVA has
endorsed the Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust Act and encourages
members to urge their members of Congress to cosponsor this bill. Please
pass this on and have everyone click on this link to send a message to your
Congress members.
