HR 3122 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017

Introduced Jun 29, 2017 Originated House Became Public Law 115-131 Sponsor Matt Cartwright D-PA

Latest action · Mar 9, 2018 Became Public Law No: 115-131.

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 29, 2017
Passed HouseNov 6, 2017
Passed SenateFeb 15, 2018
To the PresidentFeb 28, 2018
Became lawMar 9, 2018Public Law 115-131

Summary

Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to include on its Internet website a warning to veterans relating to dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices targeting individuals who are eligible for increased pension on the basis of need for regular aid and attendance.

The Government Accountability Office shall:

complete a study on financial exploitation of veterans, which shall include an analysis of the types of financial exploitation facing such veterans and any gaps in efforts to address these issues and an analysis of the types of standards used by federal and state agencies intended to protect vulnerable populations from financial exploitation; and
submit a preliminary report and a final report to Congress.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 29, 2017 to Oct 10, 2017; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OH	James B. Renacci	Original	Jun 29, 2017
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Jun 29, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jun 29, 2017
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Jun 29, 2017
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Sep 14, 2017
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón		Oct 10, 2017

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 Jun 29, 2017Markup Oct 12, 2017Reported Nov 6, 2017
	Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Jun 29, 2017Hearings Sep 13, 2017
Senate	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Nov 7, 2017Discharged Feb 15, 2018

Actions 22

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 9, 2018Signed by President.
Mar 9, 2018Became Public Law No: 115-131.
Feb 28, 2018Presented to President.
Feb 16, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Feb 15, 2018Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1191)
Feb 15, 2018Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1191)
Feb 15, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 7, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 6, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-385.
Nov 6, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282.
Nov 6, 2017Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 6, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8505-8507)
Nov 6, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3122.
Nov 6, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8505)
Nov 6, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 6, 2017The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Oct 12, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 12, 2017Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Sep 13, 2017Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 29, 2017Introduced in House
Jun 29, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 29, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S1191	Lamar Alexander R-TN	Feb 15, 2018
House	Debate and remarks H8505–H8507Text printed H8505	David P. Roe R-TN, Mark Takano D-CA, Matt Cartwright D-PA	Nov 6, 2017

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.

Committee report

H. Rept. 115-385

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Oct 20, 2017H.R. 3122, Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 12, 2017

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states that Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; Article I, Section 8, Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years. Article I, Section 8, Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 112, June 29, 2017, page H5377.

Printed hearings 2

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. 115-29	H.R. 1721; H.R. 1900; H.R. 3122; H.R. 3656; H.R. 3657; AND, A DRAFT BILL ENTITLED "VETERANS FAIR DEBT NOTICE ACT OF 2017"57 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Sep 13, 2017
Serial No. 115-36	THE ANNUAL TESTIMONY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ON THE STATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM236 pages	Financial Services Committee	Jul 27, 2017

CRS reports 6

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 6

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R45406	FY2018 and FY2019 Appropriations for Agricultural Conservation Archived	Report	May 10, 2019
R45712	FY2018 and FY2019 Agriculture Appropriations: International Food Aid Archived	Report	May 8, 2019
R45423	Public Health and Other Related Provisions in P.L 115-271, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act	Report	Dec 3, 2018
R45413	FY2018 and FY2019 Agriculture Appropriations: Federal Food Safety Activities Archived	Report	Nov 27, 2018
R45128	Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2018 Appropriations Archived	Report	Mar 23, 2018

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Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1198	Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017	Identical bill	May 22, 2017
HR 4351	Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2016	Reintroduction of	Jan 12, 2016

Titles 9

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title: An act to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a warning regarding dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices targeting individuals who are eligible for increased pension on the basis of need for regular aid and attendance, and for other purposes
Short Title: Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
Official Title as Introduced: To protect individuals who are eligible for increased pension under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the basis of need of regular aid and attendance from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices, and for other purposes.
Official Titles as Amended by House: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a warning regarding dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices targeting individuals who are eligible for increased pension on the basis of need for regular aid and attendance, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
Short Titles as Reported to House: Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
Short Titles as Passed House: Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
Short Titles as Enacted: Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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