HR 5559 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Protecting Veterans Claim Options Act

Introduced Sep 19, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Mike Bost R-IL

Latest action · Nov 29, 2023 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

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.

IntroducedSep 19, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 15, 2024.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MD	Andy Harris		Feb 15, 2024

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 Sep 19, 2023
	Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Sep 28, 2023Reported Nov 29, 2023Markup Nov 29, 2023

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 29, 2023Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Nov 29, 2023Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 28, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Sep 19, 2023Introduced in House
Sep 19, 2023Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States'' The single subject of this legislation is: The rights of veterans and survivors to pursue claims for VA benefits and to submit evidence in support of their claims.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 151, September 19, 2023, page H4408.

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. 118-38	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1753; H.R. 3790; H.R. 4016; H.R. 4190; H.R. 4306; H.R. 5559; H.R. 5891; H.R. 5870; H.R. 5870; H.R. 5890; AND H.R. 593887 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Nov 8, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish certain rules of evidence in certain claims under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Protecting Veterans Claim Options 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.

Sep 19, 2023Introduced in House

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