Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act
Latest action · Nov 13, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the 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.
- IntroducedSep 24, 2019
- Passed HouseNov 12, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit a report outlining the actions taken and plan to address the areas of concern identified in the 2019 High-Risk List of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding acquisition management, risk management, and health care improvement. The VA must also report annually on the implementation of priority recommendations of the GAO that pertain to the VA.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 24, 2019 to Nov 12, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Sep 24, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 12, 2019 |
Committees 2
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 Sep 24, 2019Markup Oct 16, 2019 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Oct 8, 2019Discharged Oct 16, 2019 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 13, 2019 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Nov 12, 2019Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Nov 12, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8751-8753)
- Nov 12, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4477.
- Nov 12, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8752)
- Nov 12, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 16, 2019Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
- Oct 16, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 16, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Oct 8, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Sep 24, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 24, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 | Debate and remarks H8793 | Chris Pappas D-NH | Nov 13, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8751–H8753Text printed H8752 | David P. Roe R-TN, Jack Bergman R-MI, Mark Takano D-CA | Nov 12, 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 28, 2019H.R. 4477, Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 16, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 154, September 24, 2019, page H7903.
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. 116-4 | VENEZUELA AT A CROSSROADS93 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Feb 13, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-2 | PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE:. A CALL TO ACTION359 pages | Judiciary Committee | Feb 6, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3458 | Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 12, 2020 |
| HR 7105 | Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jan 5, 2021 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan to address certain high risk areas identified by the Comptroller General of the United States regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 2019 High-Risk List of the Government Accountability Office, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2019Referred in Senate
- Nov 12, 2019Engrossed in House
- Sep 24, 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.
