To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on whether the Secretary will include certain psychedelic drugs in the formulary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Latest action · Sep 6, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 544.
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 14, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), when a psychedelic drug is approved or licensed by the Food and Drug Administration, to report on the VA's decision whether to include the drug in its formulary and the justification for such decision.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 13, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Mar 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 Feb 14, 2024Markup May 1, 2024Reported Sep 6, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 29, 2024Hearings Mar 21, 2024Markup Apr 16, 2024Reported Apr 16, 2024 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2024Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-647.
- Sep 6, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 544.
- May 1, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 1, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Apr 16, 2024Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 16, 2024Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Mar 21, 2024Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Feb 29, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 14, 2024Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2024Referred 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 16, 2024H.R. 7347, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on whether the Secretary will include certain psychedelic drugs in the formulary of the Department of Veterans AffairsAs 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. 29, February 14, 2024, page H638.
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. 118-57 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 3584; H.R. 3644; H.R. 3649; H.R. 4424; H.R. 5530; H.R. 6324; H.R. 6373; H.R. 7347; H.R. 3225; H.R. 5794; H.R. 3303; AND H.R. 5247102 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 21, 2024 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on whether the Secretary will include certain psychedelic drugs in the formulary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2024Reported in House
- Feb 14, 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.
