HR 3976 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Wounded Veterans Recreation Act

Introduced Jan 29, 2014 Originated House Sponsor Raul Ruiz D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 4, 2014 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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.

IntroducedJan 29, 2014
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Wounded Veterans Recreation Act - Amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, which is made available for the lifetime of the passholder without charge to any U.S. citizen or person domiciled in the United States who has been medically determined to be permanently disabled, to be made available to any veteran with a service-connected disability.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2014 to May 9, 2014, with 19 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter	Original	Jan 29, 2014
R-UT	Chris Stewart	Original	Jan 29, 2014
R-MI	Dan Benishek	Original	Jan 29, 2014
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jan 29, 2014
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jan 29, 2014
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Jan 29, 2014

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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 4, 2014Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 12, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Feb 4, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Jan 29, 2014Introduced in House
Jan 29, 2014Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2298	Wounded Veterans Recreation Act	Identical bill	May 7, 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

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Jan 29, 2014Introduced in House

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