HR 1721 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 13, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' 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. IntroducedMar 13, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to review and report on the budget requests for Department of Veterans Affairs medical care accounts in the President's submitted budgets for FY2020-FY2022. Medical care accounts are the following accounts of the Veterans Health Administration: Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, Medical Facilities, and Medical Community Care.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2019 to Oct 21, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAKatie HillMar 27, 2019
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Mar 27, 2019
D-CTJames A. HimesApr 8, 2019
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsApr 29, 2019
D-HIEd CaseApr 30, 2019
D-CATony CárdenasMay 14, 2019
D-TXVeronica EscobarJun 3, 2019
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeAug 6, 2019
D-NHAnn M. KusterOct 21, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 13, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Mar 13, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' 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. Mar 13, 2019Introduced in House

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