Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act
Latest action · Nov 29, 2018 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-534.
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.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act
(Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research program in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing that is focused on the development of tools to: (1) solve big data challenges associated with veterans' health care, and (2) support the Department of Veterans Affairs in identifying potential health risks and challenges.
(Sec. 5) DOE shall carry out a pilot program to develop tools for big data analytics in order to advance artificial intelligence technologies to solve complex big data challenges.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2018 to Sep 25, 2018; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Original | Jul 17, 2018 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jul 18, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Sep 25, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Sep 25, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Sep 25, 2018 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Sep 25, 2018 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Sep 25, 2018 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2018Markup Jul 18, 2018Reported Sep 25, 2018 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2018Discharged Sep 25, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2018 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2018 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Hearings Nov 29, 2018 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 29, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-534.
- Sep 26, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 25, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 115-974, Part I.
- Sep 25, 2018Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
- Sep 25, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 762.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H8868–H8872Text printed H8868 | Daniel Lipinski D-IL, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, Lamar Smith R-TX, Ralph Norman R-SC, Randy K. Weber, Sr. R-TX | Sep 25, 2018 |
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 26, 2018H.R. 6398, Department of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on July 18, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 120, July 17, 2018, page H6464.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-534 | PENDING LEGISLATION93 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Nov 29, 2018 |
| — | PROCEEDINGS OF THE FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON H.R. 1224, NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK, ASSESSMENT, AND AUDITING ACT OF 2017942 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Jan 10, 2017–Nov 15, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3656 | Department of Energy Veterans Health Initiative Act | Related bill | Nov 29, 2018 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Department of Energy to conduct collaborative research with the Department of Veterans Affairs in order to improve healthcare services for veterans in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Genetics
- Government information and archives
- Health information and medical records
- Medical research
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Veterans' medical care
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2018Referred in Senate
- Sep 25, 2018Engrossed in House
- Sep 25, 2018Reported in House
- Jul 17, 2018Introduced 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.
