Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness

PA - Representative Stephen Barrar (R)

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Chair

PA - Representative Chris Sainato (D)

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Democratic Chair

PA - Representative Mark M. Gillen (R)

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Secretary

PA - Representative Karen Boback (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Frank A. Farry (R)

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Subcommittee Chair On Security & Emergency Response

PA - Representative Rosemary M. Brown (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Lynda Schlegel Culver (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Joseph T. Hackett (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Matt Gabler (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Gary Day (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Keith J. Greiner (R)

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Member

PA - Representative R. Lee James (R)

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Member

PA - Representative John D McGinnis (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Jim Marshall (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Ryan A. Bizzarro (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Rick Saccone (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Frank Burns (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Will Tallman (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Kathy L. Rapp (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Thomas P. Murt (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Bryan Barbin (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Mike Tobash (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Mike Vereb (R)

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Member

PA - Representative RoseMarie Swanger (R)

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Member

PA - Representative Dom Costa (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Maria P. Donatucci (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Margo L. Davidson (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Kevin Haggerty (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Adam Ravenstahl (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Patrick J. Harkins (D)

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Member

PA - Representative William C. Kortz (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Daniel L. Miller (D)

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Member

PA - Representative J.P. Miranda (D)

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Member

PA - Representative Gerald J. Mullery (D)

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Member

PA - HB2293 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in State Fire Commissioner, providing for light-frame truss-type construction signage and prescribing a penalty.

PA - HR901 A Resolution urging Governor Tom Corbett to terminate the 3rd party emergency dispatch pilot program on behalf of the Commonwealth's towing companies, towers and first responders.

PA - HR897 A Resolution urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to continue funding the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center.

PA - HR923 A Concurrent Resolution establishing the Task Force on Women Veterans' Health Care.

PA - SB1377 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency telephone service, further providing for expiration of chapter.

PA - SB1266 An Act amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, further providing for certification of death.

PA - HR942 A Resolution urging the President of the United States and the Federal Government to take every necessary step to secure the release of United States Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi from Mexican custody.

PA - SB1423 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for assistance to volunteer fire companies, ambulance service and rescue squads; and making a related repeal.

PA - HB120 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for burial details for veterans at other cemeteries.

PA - HB152 An Act providing for small disaster assistance, for low-interest loans to individual disaster victims and businesses and for municipal grants; establishing a fund; and conferring powers and duties on various Commonwealth agencies.

PA - HB171 An Act establishing a recruitment scholarship program for volunteer fire companies, volunteer ambulance services and volunteer rescue squads; providing for duties of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; and making an appropriation.

PA - HB253 An Act amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, amending the title of the act; further providing for authority for payment; adding a definition of "natural gas responder"; and further providing for construction of act.

PA - HB352 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing for volunteer emergency response personnel.

PA - HB366 An Act amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, further providing for markers on graves, memorial certificates and headstones.

PA - HB379 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for incentives for municipal volunteers of fire companies and emergency medical services agencies.

PA - HB380 An Act amending the act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114), known as the Workforce Development Act, providing for allowance for veterans, guard members and military spouses.

PA - HB381 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' pensions and benefits, further providing for blind veteran's pension and for paralyzed veteran's pension.

PA - HB386 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for exclusion of veterans' benefits from income calculations.

PA - HB504 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the composition of the State Veterans' Commission.

PA - HB512 An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing a system for the use of volunteer health practitioners; providing reasonable safeguards to assure that health practitioners are appropriately licensed and regulated to protect the public's health; providing for applicability of workers' compensation and occupational disease law; and providing for limitation of civil damages.

PA - HB535 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for incentives for municipal volunteers of fire companies and emergency medical services agencies and volunteers of hazardous materials response teams.

PA - HB536 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' pensions and benefits, further providing for blind veteran's pension and for paralyzed veteran's pension.

PA - HB566 An Act amending the act of December 7, 1990 (P.L.639, No.165), known as the Hazardous Material Emergency Planning and Response Act, further providing for facility insurance.

PA - HB589 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the State Disaster Assistance Loan Program; providing for powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency; establishing the State Disaster Assistance Loan Fund; providing for funding for the State Disaster Assistance Loan Program; and making an appropriation.

PA - HB635 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for assistance to volunteer fire companies, ambulance service and rescue squads.

PA - HB641 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the volunteer quick response service.

PA - HB676 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for service-disabled veteran-owned business participation goals.

PA - HB754 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the Volunteer Quick Response Services Grant Program.

PA - HB813 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, providing for dismissal upon conviction of certain offense.

PA - HB824 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating to emergency management services, providing for disclosure of caller location in emergencies and for good faith immunity under certain circumstances.

PA - HB841 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the Combat-to-College Program.

PA - HB919 An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for special plates for Pearl Harbor survivors, for special plates for veterans of Korean War, for special plates for recipients of Korean Defense Service Medal, for special plates for veterans of Persian Gulf War, for special plates for recipients of Expeditionary Forces Medal, for special plates for World War II veterans, for special plates for veterans of Vietnam Conflict, for special motorcycle...

PA - HB981 An Act designating March 30 of each year as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day."

PA - HB1019 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the delivery of services and programs to veterans with cognitive mental disability and emotional trauma; and establishing the Office of Veteran's Mental Health Awareness.

PA - HB1038 An Act establishing a grant program for municipal fire and emergency services organizations; and providing for grant funding.

PA - HB1205 An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, further providing for statement of purpose, for powers and duties of secretary and for disposition of funds; and providing for instant lottery game to benefit veterans.

PA - HB1244 An Act providing compensation to persons in active service in connection with the Iraq War or their beneficiaries; authorizing the incurring of indebtedness and the issue and sale of bonds by the Commonwealth for the payment of compensation contingent upon electorate approval; creating a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Iraq War Veterans' Compensation Bond Fund; imposing powers and duties on the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; and making appropriations.

PA - HB1294 An Act providing for bonus payments to persons in active service in connection with the Global War on Terrorism or their beneficiaries; authorizing the incurring of indebtedness and the issue and sale of bonds by the Commonwealth for the payment of the benefits contingent upon electorate approval; creating a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Global War on Terrorism Bonus Payment Bond Fund; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of General Services.

PA - HB1383 An Act providing for reimbursement to certain emergency services providers of the cost of responding to a request for emergency services on certain State-owned lands.

PA - HB1390 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in disabled veterans' real estate tax exemption, further providing for duty of board, for duty of commission and for appeals.

PA - HB1397 An Act reenacting and amending the act of April 12, 2006 (P.L.67, No.22), known as the Merchant Marine World War II Veterans Bonus Act.

PA - HB1578 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for Wireless E-911 Emergency Services Fund.

PA - HB1616 An Act providing for small disaster assistance to individuals, businesses and municipalities; imposing surcharges on insurers; establishing a fund; and conferring powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency.

PA - HR44 A Resolution encouraging the National Fire Protection Association to consider economic impact, to include additional active firefighters and to allow for more fire department and emergency medical services input.

PA - HR207 A Resolution honoring women veterans who honorably and courageously served our country as members of the armed forces and encouraging women veterans to discuss their specific needs and concerns with State agency officials so that the General Assembly and agency officials may work together to consider policy solutions that will improve the quality of life of women veterans in this Commonwealth.

PA - HR305 A Resolution encouraging the United States Department of Defense to include the names of the fallen sailors of the Destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

PA - HB1696 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for course scheduling for military students.

PA - HB1706 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency services, changing implementing authority from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to the Office of the State Fire Commissioner; further providing for assistance to volunteer fire companies, ambulance service and rescue squads and for powers and duties; and making editorial changes.

PA - HR968 A Resolution urging the President of the United States, the Congress and the Pentagon to reconsider any planned reduction in the current military officer strength.

PA - HR1065 A Resolution directing the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Capitol Preservation Committee, to prominently place a prisoners of war/missing in action chair of honor in the Main Capitol Rotunda area during the days surrounding National POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veteran's Day and in other appropriate House of Representatives locations as deemed appropriate by the Chief Clerk during the remainder of the year.

PA - HB2550 An Act amending the act of April 24, 2006 (P.L.91, No.29), known as the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans' Benefit Act, further providing for application for compensation and for Commonwealth indebtedness.

PA - HR649 A Resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to actively work with the United States Department of Defense and other agencies to prohibit space-based satellite imaging companies from disseminating information to the public on the location, layout and structure of United States military facilities, both overseas and on the homefront, in the hope that it will discourage rogue and terrorist groups from having the intelligence and planning necessary to disrupt interests of the cou...

PA - HR663 A Resolution relating to the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure for certain Navy and Air Force veterans and calling on the Congressional Delegation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to fully support and fund passage of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013.

PA - HB2427 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for emergency response payment.

PA - HR952 A Resolution expressing displeasure with care and treatment our veterans have been receiving and continue to receive at the United States Department of Veteran Affairs facilities.

PA - HR733 A Resolution recognizing State, county and local road crews, emergency responders, public utility workers, the Pennsylvania National Guard and employees of certain Commonwealth departments for their contributions to the safety of Pennsylvanians during the winter of 2013-2014.

PA - HB2448 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in educational gratuity program, establishing the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart Recipient Tuition Waiver Program; and making editorial changes.

PA - HB2463 An Act amending the act of June 28, 1935 (P.L.477, No.193), referred to as the Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law, extending benefits to emergency medical technicians and paramedics employed by a fire department.

PA - HB1855 An Act amending the act of December 7, 1990 (P.L.639, No.165), known as the Hazardous Material Emergency Planning and Response Act, in hazardous material protection, further providing for establishment and functions of local emergency planning committees and for emergency reporting requirements.

PA - HB1909 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for certified fire protection specialist misrepresentation.

PA - HB1926 An Act providing for a waiver of tuition and other fees for children of certain volunteer firefighters at community colleges and State-owned institutions of higher education and for additional powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.

PA - HB2002 An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for the Office of Veteran Advocate; assigning duties to the Office of Attorney General; and authorizing an appropriation.

PA - HR536 A Resolution beseeching the Congress of the United States and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to consider authorizing the use of service dogs for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or other emotional traumas.

PA - HR597 A Resolution urging the United States Army to reconsider the temporary suspension of the production of Bradley Fighting Vehicles.

PA - HR602 A Resolution urging the Congress of the United States to support legislation that would award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.

PA - HR635 A Resolution urging the United States Army to allow Apache helicopters to remain in the National Guard.

PA - HR739 A Resolution urging the President of the United States and the Congress to immediately consider and pass H.R. 3930, which establishes the National Commission on the Structure of the Army.

PA - HB2187 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in disabled veterans' real estate tax exemption, further providing for exemption.

PA - HB2191 An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the pay of officers and enlisted personnel in active State service.

PA - HB2228 An Act amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, further providing for certification of death.