Real Choice for Veterans Act
Latest action · Mar 13, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Real Choice for Veterans Act
Amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to change a criterion for eligibility of certain veterans to receive medical care and services from non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities to a requirement that the veteran resides more than 40 miles from the closest VA medical facility that is able to provide the care and services the veteran seeks (currently, more than 40 miles from the closest VA medical facility).
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2015 to Jul 29, 2015; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Martha Roby | Original | Feb 26, 2015 |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Original | Feb 26, 2015 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Feb 26, 2015 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Mar 19, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Apr 23, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | May 1, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | May 1, 2015 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | May 13, 2015 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | May 20, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Jul 29, 2015 |
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 Feb 26, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 13, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 26, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 26, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 33, February 26, 2015, page H1370.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to clarify the distance requirements regarding the eligibility of certain veterans to receive medical care and services from non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Real Choice for Veterans 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.
- Feb 26, 2015Introduced 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.
