HR 6531 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

TRAIN VA Employees Act

Introduced Nov 30, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Chris Pappas D-NH

Latest action · Aug 9, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 522.

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.

IntroducedNov 30, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 30, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WI	Derrick Van Orden	Original	Nov 30, 2023
D-PA	Christopher R. Deluzio		Feb 13, 2024
D-IL	Delia C. Ramirez		Feb 13, 2024
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Feb 13, 2024
D-OH	Greg Landsman		Feb 13, 2024
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Feb 13, 2024
D-CA	Mark Takano		Feb 13, 2024
D-CA	Mike Levin		Feb 13, 2024
D-KY	Morgan McGarvey		Feb 13, 2024
D-IL	Nikki Budzinski		Feb 13, 2024
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick		Feb 13, 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 Nov 30, 2023Markup May 1, 2024Reported Aug 9, 2024
	Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee	Referred Dec 19, 2023Hearings Mar 21, 2024Markup Apr 17, 2024Reported Apr 17, 2024

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 9, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-624.
Aug 9, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 522.
May 1, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
May 1, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 17, 2024Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 17, 2024Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Mar 21, 2024Subcommittee Hearings Held
Dec 19, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Nov 30, 2023Introduced in House
Nov 30, 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

H. Rept. 118-624

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jun 21, 2024H.R. 6531, Training Responsible and Informed National VA Employees ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 197, November 30, 2023, page H6050.

Printed hearings 2

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. 118-58	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 6452; H.R. 6531; H.R. 6538; H.R. 6874; H.R. 6947; H.R. 7342; H.R. XXXX; H.R. XXXX; AND H.R. XXXX48 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Mar 21, 2024
Serial No. 118-49	"VA'S HR OFFICE: DID LEADERS IGNORE AND PERPETRATE SEXUAL HARASSMENT?"72 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Feb 14, 2024

Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a training program for certain senior executives and supervisors employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: TRAIN VA Employees Act; Training Responsible And Informed National VA Employees Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: TRAIN VA Employees Act; Training Responsible And Informed National VA Employees Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Aug 9, 2024Reported in House
Nov 30, 2023Introduced in House

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