Yesterdays Senatorial Hearing and Decision

"A septet of bills that enrich benefits for military veterans cleared the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Thursday," including a "measure that could double the length of GI Bill schooling for the offspring of vets who are themselves qualified" vets. The "most comprehensive bill in the lot is S. 252, which contains a wide range of enhancements for treatment of veterans suffering from brain injuries, including payment" for healthcare providers when the Department of Veterans Affairs "is unable to tend to the vet." Other bills approved by the committee include S. 423, which "would require advance payment to VA to assure the smooth continuation of veterans' services from year to year when Congress becomes snarled in annual budget disputes," S. 669, which "would halt the VA's practice of reporting veterans' names to the FBI for inclusion in the criminal background check system as mental defectives, until or unless the vets are adjudged to be a danger to themselves or to others," and S. 801, which "authorizes the VA to build a new VA medical center in Walla Walla, Wash."

There was a LOT of stuff in here that will benefit us. What's the deal now, is it approved as law or does it now go to the Senate for confirmation and issue the Law??