Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2024
Latest action · Sep 18, 2024 Received in the Senate.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2024
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2024
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access to address the accessibility of the VA for individuals with disabilities. Prior to establishing the advisory committee, the VA must take action to abolish or consolidate advisory committees that are currently inactive.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2024 to Sep 10, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Feb 13, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jun 18, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Sep 10, 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 Feb 13, 2024Markup May 1, 2024Reported Sep 16, 2024 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Mar 19, 2024Hearings Mar 21, 2024Markup Apr 17, 2024Reported Apr 17, 2024 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2024Received in the Senate.
- Sep 17, 2024Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 17, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5278-5280)
- Sep 17, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7342.
- Sep 17, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5278-5279)
- Sep 17, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 16, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-676.
- Sep 16, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 572.
- 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
- Mar 19, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Feb 13, 2024Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5278–H5280Text printed H5278 | David G. Valadao R-CA, Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL | Sep 17, 2024 |
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 24, 2024H.R. 7342, Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2024As 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. 170, no. 28, February 13, 2024, page H582.
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 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2024Received in Senate
- Sep 17, 2024Engrossed in House
- Sep 16, 2024Reported in House
- Feb 13, 2024Introduced 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.
