VA Child Care Protection Act of 2019
Latest action · Sep 10, 2020 Committee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
VA Child Care Protection Act of 2019
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from making payments to any child care center, child care agency, or child care provider that employs an individual who has been charged with a sex crime, a crime involving a child victim, a violent crime, or a drug felony. The bill allows the VA to make payments if such an individual has been suspended from contact with children until the case is resolved.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2019 to Jul 23, 2019; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-KS | Steve Watkins | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Jul 23, 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 Jul 17, 2019Hearings Sep 10, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 14, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2020Committee Hearings Held.
- Aug 14, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H5999H.R. 3788–3818 | — | Jul 17, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 120, July 17, 2019, page H5999.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from making payments to child care providers that employ individuals charged with certain offenses, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VA Child Care Protection 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.
- Jul 17, 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.
