TREA: The Enlisted Association Blog

Inside this issue TREA "The Enlisted Association" Washington Update • Congress Passes FY 2020 Spending Bills -- Government Funded to September 30, 2020, Concurrent Receipt, HR 4183 and HR 3530 TREA "The Enlisted Association" Washington Update Congress Passes FY 2020 Spending Bills -- Government Funded to September 30, 2020, Concurrent Receipt, HR 4183 and HR 3530 On Friday, December 20, 2019, President Trump signed two major spending bills to fund the government for FY 2020... Read More

TREA "The Enlisted Association" Washington Update • Navy Blue Water Veterans Decisions to begin January 1, 2020 TREA "The Enlisted Association" Washington Update Navy Blue Water Veterans Decisions to begin January 1, 2020 TREA members -- are you a Navy Blue Water Veteran? TREA is providing a detailed factsheet and a list of frequently asked questions ( FAQs ) to keep you informed as VA implements P.L. 116-23, beginning January 1, 2020. These links provide... Read More

TREA "The Enlisted Association" Washington Update • Summary of FY 2020 NDAA TREA "The Enlisted Association" Washington Update Summary of FY 2020 NDAA NDAA passes HOUSE by 377-48 vote, Senate by 86-8 vote, Trump states he will sign TREA worked hard on many provisions in the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Bill including: 3-year phased in elimination of widow's tax; For decades, military families have tried to change a policy that has kept about 65,000... Read More

November 22, 2019 Inside this issue TREA "The Enlisted Association" Washington Update • Government funded to December 20, 2019 and TREA Welcomes New Deputy Director of Veterans and Military Policy TREA "The Enlisted Association" Washington Update Government funded to December 20, 2019 and TREA Welcomes New Deputy Director of Veterans and Military Policy President Donald Trump signed a continuing resolution to extend funding through Dec. 20, averting a government shutdown. The CR ( H.R. 3055... Read More

Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) announced for 2020 Social security, veterans benefits, federal and military retiree recipients will receive a 1.6% boost in their monthly pay beginning in January 2020. The adjustment is based on the annual cost of living adjustment announced in the last week by the Federal government. The 1.6% increase also applies to those receiving survivor benefits for these programs. TREA Supports Bipartisan Bills in House and Senate As a follow up... Read More

House Veterans Affairs Committee Passes and sends 10 bills to House Floor The House Committee on Veterans Affairs considered ten bills on October 29, 2019. All ten bills were passed and sent to the full House of Representatives for action. A.N.S. Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute A.N.S. to H.R. 4771 - to permit appellants to appear in disability compensation cases before the Board of Veterans Appeals by picture and voice transmission from locations... Read More

TREA "The Enlisted Association" Washington Update House Floor Action and House Veterans Affairs Committee Action House Sends Four Bills to Senate for Action The House of Representatives passed four bills on October 15, 2019. The bipartisan legislation will help homeless veterans with children find transitional housing, help veterans with disabilities access important information from VA's website, and help preserve the legacies of those interred in veterans' cemeteries. A final bill honors two Medal of Honor... Read More