HR 2816 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019

Introduced May 16, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Elise M. Stefanik R-NY

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Latest action · Mar 12, 2020 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 16, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalMay 16, 2019
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalMay 16, 2019
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónOriginalMay 16, 2019
R-CAPaul CookOriginalMay 16, 2019
R-NYPeter T. KingOriginalMay 16, 2019
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalMay 16, 2019
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalMay 16, 2019
D-OHTim RyanOriginalMay 16, 2019
D-CARo KhannaJun 24, 2019
D-TNSteve CohenJun 26, 2019
D-VAElaine G. LuriaJul 11, 2019
D-CATed LieuJul 11, 2019
D-PASusan WildJul 18, 2019
D-COJoe NeguseJul 22, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinSep 11, 2019
R-NYLee M. ZeldinSep 11, 2019
D-SCJoe CunninghamSep 16, 2019
D-NYAntonio DelgadoSep 24, 2019
D-NJJefferson Van DrewOct 30, 2019
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersNov 5, 2019
D-CAKatie PorterNov 15, 2019
D-VAAbigail Davis SpanbergerJan 27, 2020
D-CAJosh HarderJan 27, 2020
D-NVSusie LeeSep 21, 2020

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' 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.

  1. Mar 12, 2020Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
  2. Mar 12, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  3. Mar 12, 2020Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  4. Sep 11, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  5. Jun 11, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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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

  1. 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution

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.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 116-31H.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 pagesVeterans' Affairs CommitteeSep 11, 2019
Serial No. 116-30COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS MEMBER DAY112 pagesVeterans' Affairs CommitteeSep 10, 2019

CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5922Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2018Reintroduction ofMay 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.

  1. May 16, 2019Introduced in House

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