Summary: Employing America's Heroes Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the tax credit for differential wage payments made by a small business employer on behalf of employees who are active duty members of the uniformed services.

employing america heroes tax relief act amends internal revenue code extend tax credit differential wage payments small business employer behalf employees active duty members uniformed services


Summary: Guard and Reserve Financial Stability Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small employers (employers with 50 or fewer employees) a business tax credit for 50 percent of the lesser of: (1) actual compensation paid to each Ready Reserve-National Guard employee while on active duty or hospitalized incident to such duty; or (2) $30,000. Terminates such credit after 2009. Allows employers a work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of temporary employees to replace Ready Reserve-National Guard employees for the period such employees are on active duty.

amends internal revenue code allow small employers employers fewer employees business tax credit percent lesser actual compensation paid ready reserve national guard employee active duty hospitalized incident duty terminates credit allows employers work opportunity tax credit hiring temporary employees replace ready_reserve-national_guard employees period employees active duty


Summary: Directs the Secretary of Defense, with respect to the defense budget for FY2011 and thereafter, to ensure that within the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) account for each military department, a separate, dedicated program element is assigned to: (1) the RDT&E of body armor; and (2) the procurement of body armor. Requires the Secretary to ensure that, from amounts authorized for RDT&E, necessary sums are available for: (1) research and development of lighter body armor while maintaining equivalent level of threat protection to the improved outer tactical vest and enhanced small arms protective inserts; and (2) the creation of a task force to carry out the RDT&E of lighter body armor.

directs secretary defense respect defense budget fy2011 ensure research development test evaluation account military department separate dedicated program element assigned body armor procurement body armor requires secretary ensure amounts authorized necessary sums available research development lighter body armor maintaining equivalent level threat protection improved outer tactical vest enhanced small arms protective creation task force carry lighter body armor


Summary: Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, in the case of funeral honors for a veteran that are provided by a detail consisting solely of members of veterans organizations or other related organizations, to support the provision of such funeral honors through a daily stipend to each detail participant.

directs secretary military department concerned case funeral honors veteran provided detail consisting solely members veterans organizations related organizations support provision funeral honors daily stipend detail participant


Summary: Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of using a distinct military identification number, instead of a Social Security number, to identify each member of the Armed Forces.

directs secretary defense study report congress feasibility distinct military identification number instead social_security number identify member armed_forces


Summary: Veterans Communication Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to permit a member of the Armed Forces, upon discharge or release from active duty, to include an e-mail address on the form.

improvement act directs secretary defense modify certificate release discharge active duty form permit member armed_forces discharge release active duty include mail address form


Summary: Tax Relief and Fulfilling Our Obligation to Patriotic Soldiers Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments made to members of the Armed Forces as a qualified bonus. Defines "qualified bonus" as an enlistment, accession, reenlistment, retention, incentive, or other bonus paid to a member of the Armed Forces to accept a commmission or extend an active service commitment as an officer, to enlist, to reenlist, to extend an enlistment in an active or reserve component, or to enter into a reserve affiliation agreement.

tax relief fulfilling obligation patriotic soldiers act amends internal revenue code exclude gross income payments members armed_forces qualified bonus defines qualified bonus enlistment accession reenlistment retention incentive bonus paid member armed_forces accept extend active service commitment officer enlist extend enlistment active reserve component enter reserve affiliation agreement


Summary: Increases and extends through FY2010 the annual authorization of appropriations for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans.

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Summary: Help Our Homeless Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a national media campaign targeted at veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, with special emphasis on such veterans who are women.

help homeless veterans act directs secretary veterans_affairs carry national media campaign targeted veterans homeless risk homeless special emphasis veterans women


Summary: Atomic Veterans Relief Act - Includes within the definition of a "radiation-risk activity" for purposes of eligibility for veterans' disability compensation the exposure at any time to ionizing radiation from undetonated weapons or residual contamination resulting from a nuclear detonation. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in regulations pertaining to the service-connection of veterans' disabilities additional provisions to ensure, in the case of a claim by a radiation-exposed veteran for service-connection of a nonpresumptive disability, that the procedures for establishment of whether the disability is service-connected and which require the mathematical calculation of the level of exposure of the veteran to the ionizing radiation (commonly referred to as dose reconstruction) also require the Secretary to, among other things: (1) determine the facts and circumstances of the exposure while presuming the veteran's recitation of the event as correct, unless clear and convincing evidence establishes otherwise; and (2) obtain a reconstructed dose based on specific facts and circumstances established by the evidence.

definition radiation risk activity purposes eligibility veterans disability compensation exposure time radiation weapons residual contamination resulting nuclear detonation directs secretary veterans_affairs include regulations pertaining service connection veterans disabilities additional provisions ensure case claim radiation exposed veteran service connection disability procedures establishment disability service connected require mathematical calculation level exposure veteran radiation commonly referred dose reconstruction require secretary things determine facts circumstances exposure veteran event correct clear convincing evidence establishes obtain reconstructed dose based specific facts circumstances established evidence


Summary: PROTECT Act or Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring Compensation is Timely Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the military department concerned from presuming deceased a military retiree missing in Iraq or Afghanistan on or after October 7, 2001, until the earlier of seven years after the person was declared missing or the date the death is confirmed and a death certificate is delivered to the next of kin. Requires monthly retired pay to be resumed and any retired pay that may have been due following the declaration of the presumption of death to be retroactively paid to the family of the retiree.

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Summary: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a $300 plot allowance to a state for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in state cemeteries.

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Summary: Veterans Missing in America Act of 2009 - Recognizes the tireless work and dedication of the Missing in America Project, in conjunction with numerous veterans service organizations, in identifying unclaimed remains of veterans. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to cooperate with such organizations to assist entities in possession of unclaimed or abandoned human remains in determining if any such remains are the remains of veterans or other individuals eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Requires the Secretary, upon a positive determination with respect to any such remains, to provide for and cover the cost of the burial and funeral expenses if the Secretary determines that: (1) there is no next of kin or other person claiming the remains; and (2) there are no other sufficient resources to cover such expenses. Directs the Secretary to establish a publicly accessible database of the names of any veteran or other individual so identified.

veterans missing america act recognizes work dedication missing america project conjunction numerous veterans service organizations identifying unclaimed remains veterans directs secretary veterans_affairs cooperate organizations assist entities possession unclaimed abandoned human remains determining remains remains veterans individuals eligible burial national cemetery requires secretary positive determination respect remains provide cover cost burial funeral expenses secretary determines kin person claiming remains sufficient resources cover expenses directs secretary establish publicly accessible database names veteran individual identified