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| The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations |
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| will meet on October 4th, 2006, at 1:00pm. The Committee will hear |
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| invited and public testimony on the following interim charges: |
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| 1. Examine issues and problems with overseas military voting and explore |
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| the possibility of establishing a single point of contact for Texas |
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| military voters. Consider requirements of the federal Uniformed and |
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| Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act and review systems established in |
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| 2. Compile an inventory of state veterans' benefits, including health care |
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| facilities and nursing homes across the state, the state veteran cemetery |
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| system, job training programs, educational benefits, and re-employment |
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| rights issues, and the Texas Veteran Land Board Loan Programs, and make |
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| recommendations for improving efficiency and effectiveness. |
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| 3. Monitor implementation of legislation transferring the veteran |
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| employment programs under the Texas Workforce Commission to the Texas |
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| Veterans Commission. Monitor the implementation of legislation |
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| establishing a database in the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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| that tracks veterans' usage of the Hazlewood higher education tuition |
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