Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act
Latest action · May 1, 2019 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.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish the Task Force on Outdoor Recreation for Veterans to report on and make recommendations regarding the use of public lands or other outdoor spaces for medical treatment and therapy for veterans.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2019 to Nov 12, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | May 1, 2019 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | May 13, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | May 13, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | May 13, 2019 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | May 20, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | May 23, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Jul 29, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Oct 24, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Dec 9, 2019 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Sep 30, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Nov 12, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 1, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 1, 2019Introduced in Senate
- May 1, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46848 | Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-171) and Veterans COMPACT Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-214) | Report | Jul 19, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2435 | Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act | Identical bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an interagency task force on the use of public lands to provide medical treatment and therapy to veterans through outdoor recreation.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
