State Veterans Homes Inspection Simplification Act
Latest action · Mar 16, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMar 2, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2026 to Aug 6, 2026; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Original | Mar 2, 2026 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Mar 2, 2026 |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Mar 16, 2026 | |
| R-OH | David J. Taylor | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Apr 6, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Apr 15, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Apr 22, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Dale W. Strong | Apr 29, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Apr 30, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | May 7, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | May 7, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | May 15, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Bryan Steil | May 21, 2026 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Sheri Biggs | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Aug 6, 2026 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 2, 2026 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 2, 2026 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 2, 2026 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2026 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2026Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 2, 2026Introduced in House
- Mar 2, 2026Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 39, March 2, 2026, page H2336.
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. 119-43 | FUNDING LAPSE AND SECURITY GAPS: ASSESSING THE HARMFUL IMPACTS OF THE DHS SHUTDOWN ON AMERICANS, PART I180 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Mar 25, 2026–Apr 22, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3532 | State Veterans Homes Inspection Simplification Act | Related bill | Dec 17, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline the certification process for State Veterans Homes by allowing certain facilities certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be deemed in compliance with specified Medicare and Medicaid requirements, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- State Veterans Homes Inspection Simplification Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2026Introduced 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.
