Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016
Latest action · Apr 13, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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 2, 2016
- Passed HouseApr 12, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
"Veterans' benefits" means any benefit provided by federal law for a veteran or a dependent or survivor of a veteran.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 140 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed411–0 | Apr 12, 2016 |
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2016 to Mar 22, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Mar 2, 2016 |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Mar 22, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 2, 2016Markup Mar 22, 2016 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 13, 2016 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Apr 12, 2016Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 12, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1610-1612)
- Apr 12, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4676.
- Apr 12, 2016At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Apr 12, 2016Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1618)
- Apr 12, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 140). (text: CR H1610)
- Apr 12, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 22, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 2, 2016Introduced in House
- Mar 2, 2016Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1328)
- Mar 2, 2016Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1610–H1612Text printed H1610Recorded votes H1618enact | Bob Goodlatte R-VA, Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Thomas J. Rooney R-FL | Apr 12, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1328 | Thomas J. Rooney R-FL | Mar 14, 2016 |
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. 162, no. 34, March 2, 2016, page H1117.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3357 | Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 20, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2016Referred in Senate
- Apr 12, 2016Engrossed in House
- Mar 2, 2016Introduced 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.
