Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2014
Latest action · Sep 29, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
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.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2014 - Prohibits the appropriation of funds, or the obligation or expenditure of funds by Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), for any VA alternative energy generation project unless the funds for such project have been specifically authorized by law.
Directs the Secretary to transfer all unobligated funds that were appropriated to the VA before this Act's enactment for an alternative energy generation project to the VA's account funding veterans' medical care.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 16, 2014 to Nov 13, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Sep 16, 2014 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Nov 12, 2014 | |
| R-KS | Mike Pompeo | Nov 12, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Nov 13, 2014 |
Committees 2
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 Sep 16, 2014 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Sep 29, 2014 | |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Sep 16, 2014Introduced in House
- Sep 16, 2014Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
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 H7618.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from obligating or expending funds for alternative energy generation projects unless specifically authorized by law, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Empowering Our Veterans Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2014Introduced 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.
