HR 8202 · 118th Congress 2023โ€“2025, ended

Justice for Vaccine Injured Veterans Act of 2024

Latest action · Jun 6, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 1, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2024 to Dec 19, 2024; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-FLAnna Paulina LunaOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-ALBarry MooreOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-FLBrian J. MastOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-NCDan BishopOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-AZElijah CraneOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-MOEric BurlisonOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-COLauren BoebertOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-GAMarjorie Taylor GreeneOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-MTMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr.OriginalMay 1, 2024
R-OHMike CareyOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-TXPat FallonOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalMay 1, 2024
R-KYThomas MassieOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-TXTroy E. NehlsOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalMay 1, 2024
R-VABob GoodMay 6, 2024
R-AZDebbie LeskoMay 15, 2024
R-WYHarriet M. HagemanJun 25, 2024
D-NJJefferson Van DrewDec 19, 2024

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred May 1, 2024
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Jun 6, 2024
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred May 1, 2024

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 6, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  2. May 1, 2024Introduced in House
  3. May 1, 2024Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: ``To improve distribution of care to meritorious beneficiaries of Department of Veterans Affairs subsequent to the Covid-19 Vaccine mandate injuries.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 75, May 1, 2024, page H2830.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of service-connection under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for certain diseases associated with the COVID-19 vaccine that become manifest during the one-year period following the receipt of the vaccine, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Justice for Vaccine Injured Veterans Act of 2024

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 1, 2024Introduced in House

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