To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry.
Latest action · Jul 14, 2015 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.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate up to 20 graduate medical education residency positions for the study of optometry.
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2015 to Dec 8, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-OK | Jim Bridenstine | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-IA | Rod Blum | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jul 14, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Oct 1, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Oct 1, 2015 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Oct 22, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Oct 22, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Oct 28, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Dec 17, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| R-WI | Sean P. Duffy | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | May 12, 2016 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | May 25, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Gwen Graham | May 25, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | May 25, 2016 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | May 25, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 25, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Dec 8, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Dec 8, 2016 |
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 Mar 26, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 7, 2015Hearings Jul 14, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2015Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 7, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 26, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 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. 51, March 26, 2015, page H2113.
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. 114-31 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON: H.R. 272; H.R. 353; H.R. 359; H.R. 421; H.R. 423; H.R. 1356; H.R. 1688; H.R. 1862; H.R. 2464; H.R. 2914; H.R. 2915; H.R. 3016; AND, DRAFT LEGISLATION TO AUTHORIZE VA MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR FY 2015 AND TO MAKE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF VA MEDICAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS132 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 14, 2015 |
Titles 1
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 designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 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.
