Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation Act
Latest action · May 18, 2022 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.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2022
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for the modernization of the information technology systems of the Veterans Benefits Administration over the next five fiscal years.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 207 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed410–3 | May 17, 2022 |
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 4, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Apr 4, 2022 |
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 Mar 18, 2022Markup Apr 6, 2022 |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 18, 2022 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 17, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5086-5087)
- May 17, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 3 (Roll no. 207). (text: 05/16/2022 CR H5001)
- May 17, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 16, 2022Mr. Trone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 16, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5001-5002)
- May 16, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7153.
- May 16, 2022At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Apr 6, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 6, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 18, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2022Referred 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.
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
- May 10, 2022H.R. 7153, Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 6, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 49, March 18, 2022, page H3854.
Printed hearings 1
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. 118-73 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2971, H.R. 6362, H.R. 6507, H.R. 7729, H.R. 8792, H.R. 8854, H.R. 8910, H.R. 8893, H.R. 8874, H.R. 8881, H.R. 8879, H.R. XXXX, H.R. XXXX, H.R. 8880, H.R. XXXX, H.R. XXXX, H.R. XXXX, AND H.R. XXXX175 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 10, 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47212 | Modernizing Access to Military Service Records: Frequently Asked Questions | Report | Aug 8, 2022 |
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 modernize the information technology systems of the Veterans Benefits Administration, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation 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.
- May 18, 2022Referred in Senate
- May 17, 2022Engrossed in House
- Mar 18, 2022Introduced 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.
