HR 5467 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018

Introduced Apr 11, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Daniel Lipinski D-IL

Latest action · Apr 12, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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.

IntroducedApr 11, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018

This bill extends access to Department of Defense commissaries and morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR) facilities to Purple Heart recipients, veterans with a service-connected disability, Medal of Honor recipients, former prisoners of war, and veteran caregivers. (Commissaries are grocery/department stores on military installations that sell food and some household items. MWR facilities offer a range of services on bases including libraries, outdoor recreation, dining, golf courses, and sports and fitness centers.)

Cosponsors 67

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2018 to Jul 23, 2018; 52 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Apr 11, 2018
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Apr 11, 2018
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Apr 11, 2018
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-CA	J. Luis Correa	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-NV	Jacky Rosen	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Apr 11, 2018
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	Apr 11, 2018
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Apr 11, 2018
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Apr 11, 2018
R-FL	Matt Gaetz	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Apr 11, 2018
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Apr 11, 2018
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Apr 11, 2018
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Apr 11, 2018
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Apr 16, 2018
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Apr 16, 2018
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Apr 18, 2018
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Apr 24, 2018
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		May 10, 2018
D-WI	Gwen Moore		May 10, 2018
D-CA	Maxine Waters		May 15, 2018
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		May 16, 2018
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 17, 2018
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		May 17, 2018
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		May 29, 2018
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jun 12, 2018
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jun 14, 2018
R-AK	Don Young		Jun 26, 2018
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Jul 23, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Apr 11, 2018
	Military Personnel Subcommittee	Referred Apr 12, 2018

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 12, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Apr 11, 2018Introduced in House
Apr 11, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing powers

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 58, April 11, 2018, page H3147.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3201	Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018	Related bill	Jul 12, 2018
HR 5515	John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019	Related bill	Aug 13, 2018

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to certain veterans and their caregivers, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the purpose of improving the electronic physical access control system used by military commissaries and exchanges, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 11, 2018Introduced in House

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