VA WEB Act
Latest action · Aug 9, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
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.
- IntroducedDec 19, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 19, 2023 to Jan 5, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Original | Dec 19, 2023 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Jan 5, 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 Dec 19, 2023Markup May 1, 2024Reported Aug 9, 2024 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Jan 11, 2024Hearings 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. 118-626.
- Aug 9, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
- May 1, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 1, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute 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
- Jan 11, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Dec 19, 2023Introduced in House
- Dec 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 12, 2024H.R. 6874, Department of Veterans Affairs Watching over Electronic Benefits ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 209, December 19, 2023, page H6999.
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. 118-58 | 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 |
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 implement a system or process to actively monitor the veteran self-service and data transmission functions of the main internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain adverse events, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VA WEB Act
- Department of Veterans Affairs Watching over Electronic Benefits Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- VA WEB Act
- Department of Veterans Affairs Watching over Electronic Benefits 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
- Dec 19, 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.
