HR 4862 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Our Vets Deserve Better Act

Introduced Jun 12, 2014 Originated House Sponsor Denny Heck D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 27, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 12, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Our Vets Deserve Better Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), within 30 days after this Act's enactment, to meet with specified advisory committees to receive administrative and policy recommendations to improve the VA health care system.

Lists those advisory committees as:

  • the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs,
  • the Genomic Medicine Program Advisory Committee,
  • the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee,
  • the Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board,
  • the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses,
  • the Special Medical Advisory Group,
  • the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, and
  • the Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 27, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jun 12, 2014Introduced in House
  3. Jun 12, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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  1. Jun 12, 2014Introduced in House

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