Veterans First Act of 2022
Latest action · May 10, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans First Act of 2022
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from obligating or expending any amounts to provide emergency assistance in response to an emergency at the southern border directly resulting from the repeal of certain public health orders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Specifically, the bill prohibits such emergency assistance in response to the repeal of
- the order issued on August 2, 2021, titled Public Health Reassessment and Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists;
- the order issued on April 1, 2022, titled Public Health Determination and Order Regarding Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists; and
- an order relating to the same public health concerns as the listed orders.
Cosponsors 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2022 to Dec 6, 2022; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-LA | Julia Letlow | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Apr 28, 2022 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | May 3, 2022 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | May 6, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | May 12, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | May 17, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Dec 6, 2022 |
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 Apr 28, 2022 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 10, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 10, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 28, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2022Referred to the House 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 70, April 28, 2022, page H4609.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4082 | A bill to prohibit the use by the Department of Veterans Affairs of funds to provide emergency assistance at the southern border of the United States resulting from the repeal of certain public health orders, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Apr 26, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the use by the Department of Veterans Affairs of funds to provide emergency assistance at the southern border of the United States resulting from the repeal of certain public health orders, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans First Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 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.
