Secure Legal Services for Veterans Act
Latest action · Jul 2, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJun 23, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Secure Legal Services for Veterans Act
This bill prohibits an individual who is not an agent or attorney from soliciting, contracting for, charging, or receiving any fee or compensation for services rendered in the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of an appeal before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
Violators of such prohibition shall be fined, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
Amounts collected for such violations shall be deposited in the TBI Research and Initiatives Fund and remain available to the VA without fiscal year limitation for traumatic brain injury research and initiatives.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2015 to Dec 7, 2016, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | E. Scott Rigell | Original | Jun 23, 2015 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Jun 23, 2015 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Jun 23, 2015 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Jun 23, 2015 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 28, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 28, 2015 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Sep 18, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Sep 18, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ron DeSantis | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Dec 7, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 2, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Jun 23, 2015Introduced in House
- Jun 23, 2015Referred 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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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2015Introduced in House
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