Hear our Heroes Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 9, 2017 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.
- IntroducedNov 9, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hear Our Heroes Act of 2017
This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for veterans with permanent hearing loss, tinnitus, or both, who served on active duty in combat or in a military occupational specialty in which they were exposed to a high level of acoustic trauma.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 9, 2017 to Sep 25, 2018; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Nov 9, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 13, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Nov 16, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Sep 17, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Sep 17, 2018 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Sep 25, 2018 |
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 Nov 9, 2017 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Nov 9, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 9, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Nov 9, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 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. 163, no. 183, November 9, 2017, page H8697.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3235 | Veterans Hearing Benefits Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jul 18, 2018 |
| HR 3866 | Hear our Heroes Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Aug 14, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hear our Heroes Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2017Introduced 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.
