Veterans Disability Examination Access Improvement Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 2012 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 31, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Disability Examination Access Improvement Act - Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend through 2012 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) authority for the performance of medical disability evaluations by contract physicians.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 31, 2012 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jun 1, 2012Hearings Jun 6, 2012Markup Jun 27, 2012Reported Jun 27, 2012 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2012Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 27, 2012Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Jun 6, 2012Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 1, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- May 31, 2012Introduced in House
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3363.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-66 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2355, H.R. 2996, H.R. 4299, H.R. 5735, H.R. 5880, H.R. 5881 AND H.R. 272070 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 6, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Disability Examination Access Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 31, 2012Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
