Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 24, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 794.
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.
- IntroducedJan 26, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to permit a Member of Congress (upon request) to use a VA facility to meet with constituents. The VA and the General Services Administration must jointly identify available spaces in VA facilities for such purposes.
The VA must prescribe regulations regarding such use of a VA facility by a Member of Congress.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2023 to Mar 29, 2024; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-NE | Mike Flood | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
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 Jan 26, 2023Discharged Apr 28, 2023Markup Apr 28, 2023Reported Dec 24, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2023Hearings Mar 29, 2023Markup Apr 18, 2023Discharged Apr 28, 2023 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-945.
- Dec 24, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 794.
- Apr 28, 2023Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Apr 28, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 28, 2023Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 18, 2023Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 29, 2023Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 16, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 26, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 26, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 9, 2023H.R. 562, Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 28, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 17, January 26, 2023, page H429.
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. 118-7 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 41; H.R. 562; H.R. 808; H.R. 754; H.R. 693; H.R. 1089; H.R. 366; H.R. 542; H.R. 125684 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 29, 2023 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40962 | Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage | Report | Oct 13, 2026 |
| R44399 | Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA): History and Usage | Report | Aug 4, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4471 | Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Sep 7, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit Members of Congress to use facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purposes of meeting with constituents, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2024Reported in House
- Jan 26, 2023Introduced 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.
