HR 5245 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

SHIELD for Veterans Act

Introduced Nov 21, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Chris Pappas D-NH

Latest action · Sep 24, 2020 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.

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.

IntroducedNov 21, 2019
Passed HouseSep 23, 2020
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debts for Veterans Act or the SHIELD for Veterans Act

This bill updates debt collection and overpayment processes related to Department of Veterans Affairs benefits or programs.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2019 to Dec 17, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Max Rose	Original	Nov 21, 2019
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Dec 5, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Dec 17, 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 Nov 21, 2019Markup Jul 30, 2020
	Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee	Referred Dec 19, 2019Hearings Mar 10, 2020Discharged Jul 30, 2020

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 24, 2020Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.
Sep 23, 2020Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 23, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4752-4754)
Sep 23, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5245.
Sep 23, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4752-4753)

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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	Debate and remarks H4752–H4754Text printed H4752Notices H4882Estimated budget effects of H.R. 5245, Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Leadtime for Debts for Veterans (SHIELD for Veterans) Act	Chris Pappas D-NH, David P. Roe R-TN, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Mark Takano D-CA	Sep 23, 2020

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 estimates 2

Nov 4, 2020H.R. 5245, Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debts for Veterans ActAs passed by the House of Representatives on September 23, 2020
Sep 21, 2020Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 5245, The Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debt for Veterans Act,As Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 187, November 21, 2019, page H9170.

Titles 7

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a bar on the recovery of certain payments or overpayments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs by reason of delays in processing of certain information, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debts for Veterans Act; SHIELD for Veterans Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debts for Veterans Act; SHIELD for Veterans Act
Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text: Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-time for Debts for Veterans Act; SHIELD for Veterans 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.

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