HR 6996 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Veterans Right to Expediency Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 28, 2018 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.

  1. IntroducedSep 28, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans Right to Expediency Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to deliver notice of the denial of claims for VA benefits by certified mail.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 28, 2018 to Oct 12, 2018, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OHJames B. RenacciOriginalSep 28, 2018
R-COScott R. TiptonOriginalSep 28, 2018
R-OHSteve StiversOriginalSep 28, 2018
D-OHTim RyanOriginalSep 28, 2018
R-CAMimi WaltersOct 12, 2018

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 28, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Sep 28, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  3. Sep 28, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 28, 2018Introduced in House

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