HR 1360 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act

Introduced Feb 26, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Mike Bost R-IL

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Latest action · Mar 14, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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. IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and implement a plan to hire a director for each VA medical center without a permanent director.

Hiring priority shall be given to medical centers that have not had a permanent director for the longest periods.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2019 to Dec 19, 2019; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-PADwight EvansOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalFeb 26, 2019
R-MIJack BergmanOriginalFeb 26, 2019
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-CAJim CostaOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalFeb 26, 2019
R-ILRodney DavisOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-OHTim RyanOriginalFeb 26, 2019
D-AZTom O'HalleranOriginalFeb 26, 2019
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Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Feb 26, 2019
Health Subcommittee
Referred Mar 14, 2019

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 26, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Feb 26, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2105)
  4. Feb 26, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H2105Mike Bost R-ILFeb 26, 2019

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: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 35, February 26, 2019, page H2234.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 292VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement ActReintroduced BillMar 8, 2021
HR 1131VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement ActReintroduction ofMar 3, 2017

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a plan to hire directors of the medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act

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. Feb 26, 2019Introduced in House

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