Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 12, 2020 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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 16, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to make hepatitis C testing available to certain veterans at events organized by veterans service organizations. To be eligible, a veteran must have served in the active military, naval, or air service between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and must have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
The program shall be carried out in two rural and three urban Veterans Integrated Service Networks (regional VA health care administrative areas).
The VA shall expand the program to all networks if at least 350,000 veterans are tested for hepatitis C by the program's termination date.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2019 to Sep 21, 2020; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jul 22, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Sep 11, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 16, 2019Markup Mar 12, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 11, 2019Hearings Sep 11, 2019Discharged Mar 12, 2020 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2020Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Mar 12, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 12, 2020Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 11, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 11, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 16, 2019Introduced in House
- May 16, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 23, 2020H.R. 2816, Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 82, May 16, 2019, page H3925.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-31 | H.R. 3636; H.R. 2972; H.R. 3036; H.R. 2798; H.R. 2645; H.R. 2681; H.R. 3224; H.R. 2982; H.R. 2752; H.R. 2628; H.R. 2816; H.R. 1527; H.R. 1163; H.R. 3798; H.R. 3867; H.R. 4096; DRAFT BILL, TO ESTABLISH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS THE OFFICE OF WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES95 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Sep 11, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-30 | COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS MEMBER DAY112 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Sep 10, 2019 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46848 | Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-171) and Veterans COMPACT Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-214) | Report | Jul 19, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5922 | Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2018 | Reintroduction of | May 22, 2018 |
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 carry out a pilot program to increase access to hepatitis C testing for Vietnam-era veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2019Introduced 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.
