Legislative Department

Wel­come to our Res­o­lu­tions page

AMVETS (Amer­i­can Vet­er­ans) has been a leader since 1944 in help­ing to pre­serve the free­doms secured by the Armed Forces of the United States of Amer­ica. Today, our orga­ni­za­tion con­tin­ues its proud tra­di­tion, pro­vid­ing not only sup­port for vet­er­ans and active mil­i­tary ser­vice mem­bers in receiv­ing their earned enti­tle­ments but also count­less num­bers of com­mu­nity ser­vices which enhance the qual­ity of life for this Nation’s citizens.

This book presents the full text of res­o­lu­tions adopted at the AMVETS 64rd annual National Con­ven­tion in Orlando, Florida, August 2008. Please note the res­o­lu­tions retain the same num­ber as pro­posed at the con­ven­tion; there­fore, there will be gaps in the num­ber­ing sys­tem reflect­ing the res­o­lu­tions which were rejected.

The res­o­lu­tions con­tained in this book out­line AMVTES’ posi­tion on a num­ber of pol­icy issues affect­ing vet­er­ans and their fam­i­lies. In large part, they out­line AMVETS Leg­isla­tive Goals and Objec­tives for the next two years. It remains, how­ever, for each one of use who under­stands the price of free­dom to carry the mes­sage stat­ing vet­er­ans’ ben­e­fits and ser­vices are part of the cost of war and should never be neglected or forgotten.

Cur­rent Resolutions:

2013 Res­o­lu­tions — All res­o­lu­tion accepted unless oth­er­wise noted.

13–01 – Increase in life mem­ber­ship dues REJECTED
13–02 - Change in Mem­ber­ship Year
13–03 - Change in Orga­ni­za­tional Fis­cal Year
13–05 - Amer­i­can Vet­er­ans Anti-Discrimination Ini­tia­tive
13–06 - Claims and Appeals Back­log
13–07 - Sup­port POW/MIA Recov­ery and Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion
13–08 - Poly­trau­matic Brain Injuries
13–09 - Ser­vice for Rural and Remote Vet­eran Poplu­la­tions
13–10 - Prosthetics-and-Sensory-Aides
13–11 - Honor and Remem­ber Flag REJECTED
13–12 - Sup­port for the Repub­lic of China on Tai­wan
13–13 - Increase Vet­er­ans Bur­ial Ben­e­fits
13–14 - Mil­i­tary Sex­ual Trauma
13–15 - Women Vet­er­ans Health­care
13–16 - Travel Reim­burse­ment Rates
13–17 - Surv­ior Ben­e­fits
13–18 - Small Busi­ness
13–19 - VA and DoD Men­tal Health Fund­ing and Pro­grams
13–20 - Sup­port Vet­er­ans Pref­er­ence in Pub­lic Employ­ment
13–21 - Con­cur­rent Receipt
13–22 - Oppose TRICARE Increases
13–23 - Advanced Pref­er­ence REJECTED
13–24 - Civil­ian Cre­den­tials for Mil­i­tary Train­ing and Expe­ri­ence
13–25 - Vet­er­ans Pref­er­ence
13–26 – Estab­lish Vet­er­ans Treat­ment Courts
13–27 – Autho­rize Cold War Ser­vice Metal
13–28 - End­ing Vet­eran Home­less­ness
13– 29 – Life Mem­ber­ship  amend­ment REJECTED
13–30 – Fraud pre­ven­tion con­trols over service-disabled vet­eran– owned small busi­ness
13–31 – Amend­ment to the job descrip­tion for the duties of National Dis­trict Com­man­der
13–32 – Open Burn Pit Reg­istry Act of 2011
13–33 – Gold Star Dads of Amer­ica
13–34 – Providers-of-Service-to-Veterans-must-be-Veterans.pdf

Past Res­o­lu­tions:

2012 Res­o­lu­tions

12–01: Claims and Appeals Back­log
12–02: Sup­port POWMIA Recov­ery and Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion
12–03: Poly­trau­matic Brain Injuries
12–04: Ser­vice for Rural and Remote Vet­eran Pop­u­la­tions
12:05: Women Ser­vice Mem­bers’ Gear in The­ater
12–06: Pros­thet­ics and Sen­sory Aides
12–07: Honor and Remem­ber Flag
12–08: Sup­port for the Repub­lic of China on Tai­wan
12–09: Increase Vet­er­ans Bur­ial Ben­e­fits
12–10: Mil­i­tary Sex­ual Trauma
12–11: Women Vet­er­ans’ Health­care
12–12: Increas­ing Travel Reim­burse­ment Rates for Dis­abled Vet­er­ans
12–13: Sur­vivor Ben­e­fit Plan
12–14: Pro­tect­ing Ser­vice Dis­abled Vet­eran Owned Small Busi­ness and Vet­eran Owned Small Busi­nesses in Fed­eral Pro­cure­ment
12–15: Depart­ment of Defense Men­tal Health Fund­ing and Pro­grams
12–16: Sup­port Vet­er­ans’ Pref­er­ence in Pub­lic Employ­ment
12–17: Con­cur­rent Receipt
12–18: Vet­er­ans Men­tal Health Fund­ing
12–19: Oppose TRICARE Increases
12–20: Flag Pro­tec­tion Amend­ment
12–21: Advanced Appro­pri­a­tions
12–22: VA Enhanced-Use Leases of Real Prop­erty
12–23: Civil­ian Cre­den­tials for Mil­i­tary Train­ing and Expe­ri­ence
12–24: Providers of Ser­vice to Vet­er­ans Should be Vet­er­ans
12–25: Vet­er­ans Pref­er­ence, Vet­er­ans Pri­or­ity of Ser­vice and Other Spe­cial Con­sid­er­a­tions in Employ­ment and Train­ing Pro­grams
12–26: Estab­lish Vet­er­ans Treat­ment Courts
12–27: Autho­rize Cold War Ser­vice Medal
12–28: Sep­a­ra­tion Pay­ment Recoup­ment under RIF-VSI-SSB-VSP
12–29: Pro­tec­tion of Amer­i­can War Memo­ri­als, Mon­u­ments and Vet­er­ans Graves
12–30: Elim­i­na­tion of the Depart­ment Of Vet­er­ans Affairs Means Test

2011 Res­o­lu­tions

11–01: Claims Back­logs
11–03: Sup­port POW-MIA Recov­ery and Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion
11–04: Con­cur­rent Receipt
11–05: Sup­port Vet­er­ans’ Pref­er­ence in Pub­lic Employ­ment
11–06: Increas­ing Travel Reim­burse­ment Rates for Dis­abled Vet­er­ans
11–07: Increase Vet­er­ans Bur­ial Ben­e­fits
11–08: Accel­er­ated GI Ben­e­fits for Train­ing Pro­grams
11–09: Oppose TRICARE Increases
11–10: Vet­er­ans Men­tal Health Fund­ing
11–11: Sur­vivor Ben­e­fit Plan
11–12: Sup­port for Data Track­ing Related to Women Vet­er­ans
11–13: Trau­matic Brain Injury
11–14: Sup­port for the Repub­lic of China on Tai­wan
11–16: DoD Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Pol­icy
11–18: Home­less Vet­er­ans – Sup­port for Non-Profit VSO Coali­tion
11–23: Fraud Pre­ven­tion Con­trols over Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Busi­ness Program