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Veterans' Affairs Committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Showing the 117th Congress (2021–2022). Back to the 119th Congress
535 bills referred in the 117th Congress
5,205 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 598. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.
Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th
Members
33
Served in the 117th Congress
Subcommittees
5
Each with its own members and record
Meetings
38
Hearings and business meetings in the 117th Congress
Members, 117th Congress 33
Everyone who held a seat in the 117th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.
| Seat | Member | Role |
|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Chair |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Ranking Member |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | |
| R-CA | Connie Conway | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls |
Subcommittees, 117th Congress 5
Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.
Record
Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 117th Congress.
Newest activity first. In the 117th Congress.
Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 117th Congress.
| Kind | Subject | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Legislative Hearing on: Discussion Draft, the VA Housing Loan Forever Act of 20225 witnesses
| Scheduled | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Hearing | Review of the Role of VA’s Fourth Mission and Pandemic Response7 witnesses
| Rescheduled | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Hearing | Fulfilling our Pact: Ensuring Effective Implementation of Toxic Exposure Legislation7 witnesses
| Scheduled | Dec 7, 2022 |
| Markup | Markup on: H.Res 1379, of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to wait times for veterans to receive primary care, mental health care, and specialty care appointments at medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 4772, the Mark O’Brien VA Clothing Allowance Improvement Act | Scheduled | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Hearing | Veteran Suicide Prevention: Capitalizing on What Works and Increasing Innovative Approaches8 witnesses
| Scheduled | Sep 29, 2022 |
| Meeting | Full Committee Business Meeting: Discussion of VA Facility Naming Bills | Scheduled | Sep 21, 2022 |
| Hearing | Markup on: H.R. 6273. the VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2021; H.R. 3793, the Supporting Families of the Fallen Act; H.R. 8888, the Food Security for All Veterans Act; H.R. 8852, the End Veteran Hunger Act of 2022; H.R. 8875, the Expanding Home Loans for Guard and Reservists Act; H.R. 2800, the WINGMAN Act; H.R. 8510, the Strengthening Whistleblower Protections at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act; H.R. 5918, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces to certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance; H.R. 1957, the Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2021; H.R. 4601, the Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act; H.R. 3304, the CARS for Vets Act; H.R. 2521, the Doula for VA Act of 2021; H.R. 7589, the REMOVE Copays Act | Scheduled | Sep 21, 2022 |
| Hearing | Examining women veterans’ access to the full spectrum of medical care, including reproductive healthcare, through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA)7 witnesses
| Scheduled | Sep 15, 2022 |
The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 117th Congress.
| Hearing | Title | Held |
|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-746 | LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND MULTI VSOs: PVA, SVA, MOAA, GSW, NGAUS, TAPS, MMAA, ADBC-MS9 witnesses
| Mar 8, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-745 | LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES AND MULTI VSOs: IAVA, WWP, VVA, AMVETS, NCHV, SWAN, BVA, BVEC, NASDVA10 witnesses
| Mar 2, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-744 | Legislative Presentation of the Disabled American Veterans1 witness
| Mar 1, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-695 | LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES AND MULTI VSOs: AMVETS, FRA, GSW, NCAI, NABVETS6 witnesses
| Mar 18, 2021 |
The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 117th Congress.
Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 117th Congress.
Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 117th Congress.
| Title | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| H. Prt. 117-1 | Committee Rules of Procedure for the 117th Congress of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs | PDF · Text |
By Congress
The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.
| Congress | Members | Bills referred | Reported | Became law | Reports | Meetings | Printed hearings | Communications | Prints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th2025–2026, sitting | 26 | 598 | 92 | 9 | 54 | 28 | 59 | 45 | 1 |
| 118th2023–2024 | 26 | 539 | 116 | 18 | 43 | 39 | 102 | 67 | 1 |
| 117th2021–2022 | 33 | 535 | 15 | 36 | 16 | 38 | 4 | 90 | 1 |
| 116th2019–2020 | 29 | 574 | 22 | 35 | 22 | 42 | 66 | 80 | 1 |
| 115th2017–2018 | 27 | 478 | 79 | 31 | 67 | 57 | 80 | 89 | 1 |
| 114th2015–2016 | 24 | 453 | 87 | 28 | 34 | 46 | 83 | 101 | 1 |
| 113th2013–2014 | 26 | 365 | 39 | 17 | 20 | 30 | 93 | — | 1 |
| 112th2011–2012 | 26 | 268 | 48 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 80 | — | 4 |
| 111th2009–2010 | 31 | 364 | 76 | 11 | 34 | — | 102 | — | 3 |
| 110th2007–2008 | 32 | 345 | 49 | 17 | 27 | — | 109 | — | 2 |
| 109th2005–2006 | 31 | 236 | 15 | 7 | 10 | — | 65 | — | 1 |
| 108th2003–2004 | 33 | 256 | 30 | 9 | 23 | — | 51 | — | 2 |
| 107th2001–2002 | 35 | 194 | 14 | 12 | 15 | — | 45 | — | 3 |
Membership changes 33
Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 117th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.
Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 112th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. Records come from Congress.gov, GovInfo and the House and Senate.