SHIELD for Veterans Act
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)
- Sep 23, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 30, 2020Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
- Jul 30, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 30, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 10, 2020Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Dec 19, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Nov 21, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 21, 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 | 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
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.
- Administrative remedies
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Debt collection
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Health care costs and insurance
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2020Placed on Calendar Senate
- Sep 23, 2020Engrossed in House
- Nov 21, 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.
