Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
Latest action · May 11, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 518.
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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
Provides FY2019 appropriations for Military Construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and related agencies.
Provides appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for Military Construction for:
- the Army;
- the Navy and Marine Corps;
- the Air Force;
- Defense-wide agencies and activities;
- the Army and Air National Guard; and
- the Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves.
Provides appropriations to DOD for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program.
Provides appropriations for the Department of Defense Base Closure Account.
Provides appropriations to DOD for Construction and Operation and Maintenance of Family Housing for the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide agencies and activities.
Provides appropriations to DOD for the Family Housing Improvement Fund and the Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund.
Provides appropriations to the VA for:
- the Veterans Benefits Administration,
- the Veterans Health Administration,
- the National Cemetery Administration, and
- Departmental Administration.
Provides appropriations for related agencies and programs, including:
- the American Battle Monuments Commission,
- the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims,
- Cemeterial Expenses of the Army, and
- the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Provide appropriations to DOD for Overseas Contingency Operations Military Construction projects of:
- the Army,
- the Navy and Marine Corps,
- the Air Force, and
- Defense-wide agencies and activities.
Sets forth permissible and prohibited uses for funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Appropriations Committee | Reported as an original measure May 11, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 11, 2018Introduced in House
- May 11, 2018The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 115-673, by Mr. Dent.
- May 11, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 518.
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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 77, May 11, 2018, page H3936.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44822 | Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 15, 2019 |
| R45214 | Legislative Branch: FY2019 Appropriations Archived | Report | Nov 13, 2018 |
| IF10965 | FY2019 Military Construction Appropriations: An Overview of H.R. 5895 and Issues in Conference Archived | Resource | Aug 30, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3024 | Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 | Related bill | Jun 7, 2018 |
| HR 5895 | Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 | Related bill | Sep 21, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative remedies
- Alliances
- American Battle Monuments Commission
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed Forces Retirement Home
- Asia
- Building construction
- Buy American requirements
- Cancer
- Caribbean area
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Computers and information technology
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional tributes
- Cuba
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Detention of persons
- Disability and paralysis
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Europe
- Federal appellate courts
- Foreign labor
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government liability
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Hospital care
- House of Representatives
- Land transfers
- Latin America
- Life, casualty, property insurance
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Mammals
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Members of Congress
- Mental health
- Metals
- Military facilities and property
- Military operations and strategy
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Motor vehicles
- National Guard and reserves
- Philippines
- Pornography
- Public contracts and procurement
- Research administration and funding
- Russia
- Terrorism
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' organizations and recognition
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
- Virgin Islands
- Virginia
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 11, 2018Reported 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.
